Android 5.1 Category

ANDROID 5.1

May 5, 2015

Samsung to add new camera features to Galaxy S6 and S6 edge with the Android 5.1.1 update

Rajesh Pandey

A report from SamMobile claims that Samsung will be adding new camera features to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge with the Android 5.1.1 update. It is unclear what new camera features

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Android Distribution Numbers for May

ANDROID 5.0

May 5, 2015

Updated Android Distribution Numbers show Lollipop running on nearly 10% devices

Rajesh Pandey

Google today updated its monthly Android Distribution numbers for May. The data shows that the latest version of Android -- Lollipop -- is now running on 9.7 percent of Android devices out there. This is a

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ANDROID 5.1

May 1, 2015

Android 5.1 update for Nexus 9 is around the corner

Rajesh Pandey

An Android engineering manager at Google has confirmed that the Android 5.1 update for the Nexus 9 is just around the corner.  For a flagship Nexus tablet, Google has been excruciatingly slow in rolling

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ANDROID 5.1

May 1, 2015

Google releases Android 5.1.1 factory images for Nexus 7 and Nexus 10

Rajesh Pandey

Google today released the Android 5.1.1 factory images for the Wi-Fi only 2012 and 2013 Nexus 7 along with the Nexus 10. The company also seems to have started rolling out the

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Google custom voice actions Android

ANDROID 5.1

Apr 30, 2015

Google launches custom voice actions for Android to launch third-party app features

Evan Selleck

Android is littered with features, and many of those are tied into third-pary apps that make gaining access to them, or even the features baked into them, that much easier. Google is continuing that

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 29, 2015

HTC One M8 to receive the Android 5.1 and Sense 7 update in August

Rajesh Pandey

HTC revealed on Twitter today that the One M8 will be getting the Android 5.1 update along with Sense 7 in August. The information was provided by HTC's UK account on Twitter, so

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 22, 2015

Android 5.1 update for NVIDIA’s SHIELD Tablet and Portable coming soon

Evan Selleck

In July of 2014, NVIDIA unveiled the SHIELD Tablet, and in between then and now also debuted the SHIELD Portable, both of which have a major focus on gaming while running Android as the platform

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 21, 2015

Android 5.1.1 factory image for the Nexus Player posted

Evan Selleck

It's only been four days since the first references to Android 5.1.1 showed up by way of an Android Audio Latency page, but now the first factory image for the software has

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Android Lollipop statue

ANDROID 5.1

Apr 17, 2015

Android 5.1.1 reference appears on Google’s Android Audio Latency page

Evan Selleck

It's been just over a month since Google officially released Android 5.1, and now anyone that's already looking forward to what's next have something to talk about. A couple of references

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 15, 2015

LTE Nexus 7 (2013) now receiving Android 5.1

Evan Selleck

It's been a bit of time since Google officially announced and released Android 5.1, but some Nexus-branded devices haven't jumped on the bandwagon just yet. One more is officially joining the

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 14, 2015

Nexus 4 Android 5.1 OTA update rolling out

Rajesh Pandey

Google has finally started rolling out the Android 5.1 OTA update for the Nexus 4. The update comes a month after Google had initially started rolling out Android 5.1 for the Nexus 6,

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 9, 2015

CyanogenMod 12.1 nightlies are just around the corner

Rajesh Pandey

The CyanogenMod team today announced that they have fully merged the AOSP build of Android 5.1_r3 with their code base, and have implemented most, if not all, the features of CM12 to it. This

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Android Distribution Numbers for April

ANDROID 5.0

Apr 8, 2015

Android Distribution Numbers for April: KitKat on 41.4%, Lollipop on 5.4% Android devices

Rajesh Pandey

Google's monthly Android version breakdown for the period ending April 7 is now available, and things are looking good for the company's latest and sweetest flavour of Android.  Android 5.0 and Android

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 8, 2015

How to sideload Android 5.1 update on the Google Play edition HTC One M8

Rajesh Pandey

Earlier today, HTC started rolling out the Android 5.1 Lollipop update for the Google Play edition One M7 and One M8. The update to the latest version of Android mainly brings some performance improvements,

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 6, 2015

Super alpha build of Xposed framework for Android 5.1 released

Rajesh Pandey

An unofficial and super alpha build of Xposed framework for Android 5.1 has been released by a senior member of XDA forum.  Xposed framework for Android 5.0 Lollipop was released towards the middle

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ANDROID 5.1

Apr 2, 2015

Moto G Google Play edition starts receiving the Android 5.1 update

Rajesh Pandey

Google and Motorola have started rolling out the Android 5.1 update for the Google Play edition of the Moto G -- making it the first GPe handset to receive the update to the latest version

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ANDROID 5.1

Mar 30, 2015

Android 5.1 and the latest version of TouchWiz are not coming to the Galaxy Note 4 anytime soon

Rajesh Pandey

Samsung is currently not working on bringing Android 5.1 to any of its devices or for that matter the latest version of TouchWiz to the Galaxy Note 4 A rumor over the weekend suggested

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ANDROID 5.1

Mar 27, 2015

TWRP v2.8.6.0 released with updated Android 5.1 base; Comes with a plethora of improvements

Rajesh Pandey

TWRP a.k.a TeamWin Recovery Project -- one of the most popular custom recoveries for Android devices -- has received an update to v2.8.6.0. The new version of the recovery does not come

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