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Monday, December 8, 2014

Google Nexus Android 5.0.1 Lollipop Update Confirmed

After three weeks since the release of Android Lollipop 5.0, Google has now confirmed the Android Lollipop 5.0.1 update for Nexus 9, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10. The change it brings is an increase to the memory allocation for video playback on Nexus 7 which had several problem on YouTube .

The first users who received the update said the problem is solved. Also, on Android Lollipop 5.0 there was the risk of erasing all the device's data after several failed attempts to enter the correct password. Since every tap is an "attempt," a few taps can delete everything on the device. 5.0.1 fixes this by only recognizing unlock attempts that reach the minimum length of a pattern, which is four dots.

At the moment, Lollipop is not widely installed on devices. The latest statistics provided by Google which are related to what versions of software come to Google Store, Lollipop had failed to have a significant percentage and fluctuated within the category of below 0.1%.

Google gave the official figures of Android for November as it usually does, so we have a fairly clear picture of the versions of the operating system. The numbers show that Android 4.4 KitKat is at 33.9% of devices visited Google Play Store from 24 November to December 1.

Last month KitKat was at 30.2% of all devices. However, the most widespread version of Android is Jelly Bean (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) as it is at 48.7% of the devices. Jelly Bean lost ground from KitKat but a lot of Jelly Bean devices will not get other updates. 

Android Ice Cream Sandwich (7.8%), Android Gingerbread (9.1%) and Android Froyo (0.5%) continue to be listed on Google's lists, but Android 5.0 Lollipop is nowhere to be found. As Google suggests, its Android versions that are below 0.1% are not included in the table.





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