Android 5.x Lollipop Update For All Smartphones

Here is the list of all the Smartphones that will be getting Android 5.0 Lollipop Update with expected Dates

Android L a.k.a. Android Lollipop is the most substantial update to the Android OS family after the Android KitKat. Android 5.0 or 5.1 Lollipop ups the latest Android version to 5.x.x and also brings a lot of improvements and new features to the world’s most popular mobile operating system. Android L UI has also received a significant update called as Material UI. Google has also addressed the low battery backup issues on Android devices by project Volta which is in-built into the Android Lollipop OS. Check out this post for more information about features of Android L.

All Google Play Edition Phones & Tablets from various manufacturers will also get the Android 5.0 Lollipop Update:

• Samsung Galaxy S4 (Available)
• HTC One M7 (5.1 Available) 
• All New HTC One M8 (5.1 Seeding) 
• Moto G (Available)
• Sony Z Ultra (5.1 Announced) 
• LG G Pad 8.3 (Available)

Now, there might be tens if not hundreds of Android phones from each manufacturer which are in queue for getting the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop update. This list of Android Lollipop update contains popular phones from all manufacturers which are either confirmed or expected to receive the Android L update.
We will add more companies and phone models to this list as their Android 5.0 update schedule becomes official. It would be better if you bookmark this link for future reference.

Android lollipop update for Android ONE Phones

Android One series of smartphones is designed and maintained (software updates) by Google itself. All of the Android One phones will continue to receive the latest Android updates up to 2 years from their launch date. Google had also promised to update these Android One branded phones to Lollipop before other (but Nexus) smartphones but the company has apparently failed to keep its promise as it has still not updated these phones to their latest Android OS.
Some of the recently launched Android One phones from popular Indian manufacturers are:

• Micromax Canvas A1 (Android 5.1.1 Seeding)
• Karbonn Sparkle V (Android 5.1.1 Seeding)
• Spice Dream UNO (Android 5.1.1 Seeding)

Android lollipop update for ASUS Phones

Asus has also announced that it will be upgrading its Zenfone lineup to Android Lollipop. However, the Android 5.0 update will start seeding only after Q1 2015. The Lollipop update would be completely rolled out by mid of 2015 for the following devices:

• Asus Zenfone 4 (Available)
• Asus Zenfone 4.5 A450CG
• Asus Zenfone 5 (Seeding)
• Asus Zenfone 5 LTE
• Asus Zenfone 6 (Available)
• Asus PadFone S
• Asus PadFone Infinity 2

Android lollipop update for Google NEXUS Phones

Google Nexus series of phones and tablets is the first to get the latest Android treatment. Generally, Google provides regular Android updates for its Nexus devices up to a period of 18 months from the launch date. But, there are exceptions too. Nexus 4 was previously kept out of Android Lollipop 5.0 update cycle, but it has made to the list due to some unknown reasons. Who cares about the reasons? We only want the latest Android version. Don’t we?

• Google Nexus 4 (Android 5.1.1 available)
• Google Nexus 5 (Android 5.1.1 available)
• Google Nexus 6 
• Google Nexus 7 Tablet (2012 and 2013 Models) – 5.1.1 Factory Image Available for Nexus 7 2013
• Google Nexus 10 Tablet (5.1.1 Factory Image Available)

Android lollipop update for HTC phones

HTC has gone through a major revamp this year, and has now pledged to provide the latest Android updates to its flagship phones just 90 days after its official release date. This makes HTC way better than Samsung and LG who are always reluctant to provide latest Android updates even their flagship phones.
Here is the list of HTC devices along with their tentative Android L upgrade schedule:

• HTC One M8 (Available)
• HTC One M8 Dual SIM (Available)
• HTC One M8 Mini (Q3 2015)
• HTC One M8 Eye China (Q3 2015)
• HTC One M7 (Seeding)
• HTC One M7 Dual SIM (Q3 2015)
• HTC One Max (Q3 2015)
• HTC One Mini (CANCELLED!)
• HTC One Mini 2 (CANCELLED!)
• HTC One M7 Dual SIM (Q3 2015)
• HTC One E8  (Q2 2015)
• HTC One E8 China (Q3 2015)
• HTC One E8 Dual SIM (Q2 2015)
• HTC One Eye (Q2 2015)
• HTC Desire Eye (Q2 2015)
• HTC Butterfly 2 (Q2 2015)
• HTC Butterfly S (by May 2015)
• HTC Desire 816 (Q3 2015)
• HTC Desire 820u (Q3 2015)

Huawei Android Lollipop Update

Huawei didn’t announce its Android Lollipop upgrade plans until recently. It is one of those manufacturers which kept mum while the others were announcing their Lollipop update roadmap. But at least, now we know that it has not abandoned its phones.

• Huawei Ascend Mate 7 (Coming Soon)
• Huawei Ascend P7 (Coming Soon)
• Huawei Ascend G7 (expected by Q3 2015)
• Huawei Mate 2 (Coming Soon)
• Huawei Honor 6 Plus (expected by Q3 2015)
• Huawei Honor 4X (expected by Q3 2015)

Android lollipop update for LENOVO Phones

Lenovo doesn’t have a very good track record for updating its phone to the latest Android OS but the company has recently updated its Android Upgrade Matrix page with the Lollipop upgrade roadmap for the following 7 phones:

• Lenovo Vibe X2 (Seeding)
• Lenovo Vibe Z2 (Q2 2015)
• Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro (Seeding)
• Lenovo S90-A (Q2 2015)
• Lenovo P70-A (Q2 2015)
• Lenovo A6000 (Q2 2015)
• Lenovo A5000 (To be launched with Lollipop OS)
• Lenovo P70 (By June 2015)

Android lollipop update for LG Phones

Just like Samsung Mobiles, LG Electronics is also notorious for not updating its phones on time. HTC and Motorola have announced their Android Lollipop upgrade plans for their smartphones, but LG has kept mum about its Android 5.0 upgrade road-map except for the LG G3. So, we had to do our guess-work here. These are phones and tablets which should get updated to Android L:

• LG G3 (Available)
• LG G3 Stylus (Expected)
• LG G3 Beat (Expected)
• LG G3 S (Seeding in Europe)
• LG G2 (Seeding)
• LG G2 Mini (Expected in June)
• LG G Pro 2 (Expected)
• LG G Flex 2 (5.1.1 Seeding To Sprint)

Android lollipop update for MEIZU Phones

Meizu- A China based consumer electronics company has revealed screenshots of Android 5.0 being compiled via the command line interface. This was just a teaser as it didn’t reveal which of its devices will be lucky to get the Lollipop update first.
We guess that its recently launched phones will be first to get the Android 5.0 update.

• Meizu MX4 
• Meizu MX4 Pro (Seeding)

Android Lollipop update for MICROMAX Phones

The second largest smartphone brand in India has recently announced its plans for updating its Canvas series phones to Android Lollipop. But it didn’t mention the exact timeline or even the devices eligible for receiving the much awaited update. It has only announced that the Canvas Xpress A99 which was launched in Dec 14, with KitKat OS will be the first device in the Canvas series to be updated to Android Lollipop.
Below is the list of immensely popular Micromax phones which should receive the 5.0 update (fingers crossed):

• Micromax Canvas Knight A350 
• Micromax Unite 2 (Seeding)
• Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290
• Micromax Canvas Gold A300 
• Micromax Yureka (CM12 Lollipop rolling out)
• Micromax Canvas 4 Plus A315 
• Micromax Canvas 4 A210 
• Micromax Canvas Nitro A310 
• Micromax Canvas L A108 
• Micromax Canvas Xpress A99 
• Micromax Canvas Magnus A117 
• Micromax Canvas HD Plus A190 
• Micromax Canvas Turbo A250

Android lollipop update for MOTOROLA Phones

Motorola was a Google company a few quarters back. It is owned by Lenovo right now, but good things are hard to get rid of. In case of Motorola Mobility, it is about providing timely Android updates to its smartphones. Motorola seeds the latest Android to its devices soon after the Google Nexus series gets the update.
After the official launch of Android Lollipop, Motorola announced the list of its phones that will get to taste the sweetness of Android Lollipop:

• Moto X 2014 (2^nd gen.) XT1092 (Available, 5.1 coming soon)
• Moto X Pure Edition (Available, 5.1 coming soon)
• Moto X (5.1 coming soon)
• Moto G 2014 (2^nd gen.) XT1068 (Seeding)
• Moto G XT1033 (Seeding)
• Moto G 4G LTE (Available)
• Droid Ultra (by Dec 2014)
• Droid Maxx (by Dec 2014)
• Droid Mini (by Dec 2014)
• Moto E XT1022 (5.1 coming soon)
• Droid Turbo (5.1 by Mid-June 2015)

NVIDIA Phones

Nvidia has also planned to upgrade its SHIELD tablet from Android KitKat 4.4.2 to Android 5.0. The Android upgrade roll-out will start from 18 Nov 2014. Lollipop upgrade is also seeding to the LTE version of the Shield Tablet starting 27 November 2014.

OnePlus Phones

OnePlus One is not made for everyone! I’m just kidding.
OnePlus One, which was previously available via an invite system in India can now be purchased without any invite code. It is also receiving CM12s upgrade based on Android Lollipop.

Android lollipop update for SAMSUNG Phones

Samsung has not revealed any Android Lollipop update roadmap, but as far we know, it will update its highly popular and flagship devices to the latest version of Android. These phones include:

• Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1 coming in June)
• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (5.1 coming in June)
• Samsung Galaxy Alpha (Seeding)
• Samsung Galaxy Note Edge (Available)
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (Available)
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Duos (Available)
• Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Seeding)
• Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo (Confirmed)
• Samsung Galaxy S5 (Available)
• Samsung Galaxy S5 Active (Available)
• Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini (Coming Soon)
• Samsung Galaxy S4 (Available)
• Samsung Galaxy A3 (Seeding)
• Samsung Galaxy A5 (Seeding)
• Samsung Galaxy A7 (Seeding)
• Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (Available for AT&T)
• Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (Expected)

Android lollipop update for SONY Phones

Just like HTC, Sony has also learnt the importance of seeding the latest Android updates to its top-end phones in time. Sony had recently announced that it would upgrade the entire Xperia Z lineup to the Android Lollipop update.
The first Sony smartphone to get the goodness of Android Lollipop was Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition. The rest of the below mentioned Xperia phones will finish receiving the Android 5.0 update by the end of 2015.

• Xperia Z3 (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z3 Dual (rollout starting mid-April 2015)
• Xperia Z3v (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z3 Compact (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z3 Tablet (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z2 (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z2 Tablet (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z1 (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z1S (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z1 Compact (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Tablet Z (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia Z Ultra (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia ZL (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia ZR (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia M2 (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia T2 Ultra (5.1 Announced)
• Xperia C3 (5.1 Announced)

XIAOMI / MI Phones

Xiaomi hasn’t announced any official timeline for seeding Android L upgrade to its devices, but this is what Hugo Barra said in statement:

We don’t have a timeline for L at the moment. We don’t even have access to the codebase, no one does. But of course the plan is to bring it as soon as possible.

So, all I can say is that Android Lollipop will come to your Xiaomi device sooner or later. The following devices will be updated to Android 5.0:

• Xiaomi Mi3
• Xiaomi Mi4
• Xiaomi Redmi 1S
• Xiaomi Redmi 2
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G
• Xiaomi Mi Note
• Xiaomi Mi Note Pro

Xolo Phones

Indian manufacturer Xolo, will also be also be updating its entry level Android phone Xolo One to Android Lollipop.

• Xolo Q610s (Available)
• Xolo One (Available)

We have included many phones in our list which we think (marked as Expected) would get the Android Lollipop update.
Some other phones are mentioned with tentative schedules announced by manufacturers very recently. It might happen that your phone will receive the Android Lollipop update a few weeks or a few months after the schedule. Please take this information with a pinch of salt. In case of doubt, get it touch with the respective manufacturers on Twitter.