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Will LG G2 recieve Lollipop?

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[northead]

Will LG G2 recieve Lollipop?

Edit: top of the page. Dammit!

I think it will. It's still last year's flagship after all. Samsung is updating the S4.
But I wouldn't expect it within the end of this year. :\

 

[snacknuts]

Will LG G2 recieve Lollipop?

Edit: top of the page. Dammit!

I don't believe LG has officially stated which devices will and won't be getting it, but I would be surprised if the G2 didn't get the update.

 

[genericsuperhero]

Yep, think so too. And this looks a lot better than the current Hangouts. I wonder why they did that crappy redesign a while back if they were gonna roll out a new version with L anyway.

Considering Hangouts can now handle SMS/MMS it's probably been Messaging and Hangouts have probably been unified in Lollipop for the phones. It may even have a new name.

 

[kiguel182]

Motorola confirmed it's coming to most of their devices as well.

Moto X (1st Gen. & 2nd Gen.)
Moto G (1st Gen. & 2nd Gen.)
Moto G with 4G LTE
Moto E
Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini

http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/10/its-official-android-50-lollipop-coming.html

Fuck yeah Moto G! I was waiting for confirmation to get excited and there it is. Hopefully it won't take long.

Motorola is the best.

 

[Nyoro SF]

swipe the notification?

Even if I cleared the notification away, the notification from the app would remain.

 

[Yaboosh]

Improved notifications is godly. I really dislike how I could read a text message from the preview screen but the notification wouldn't go away unless you went directly into the app and opened your inbox.

That is an app problem. Textra has the option to count swiping away the notification as reading it.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Sounds great.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

It's about time for me to upgrade and I was thinking the Moto X. Getting the latest Android will only make it better.

 

[RoadHazard]

Considering Hangouts can now handle SMS/MMS it's probably been Messaging and Hangouts have probably been unified in Lollipop for the phones. It may even have a new name.

The AOSP Messaging app hasn't been supported by Google in a long time now though. The N5, launched a year ago, doesn't have it at all. Hangouts is the de facto standard messaging app since then. Hangouts already does everything Messaging did, so what would "unifiying" them even mean?

 

[timcsavage]

Considering Hangouts can now handle SMS/MMS it's probably been Messaging and Hangouts have probably been unified in Lollipop for the phones. It may even have a new name.

Is there still an AOSP messaging app, maybe it's that instead of hangouts. It does seem odd they'd push a non-Google pantheon app.

 

[RoadHazard]

Is there still an AOSP messaging app, maybe it's that instead of hangouts. It does seem odd they'd push a non-Google pantheon app.

Like I said, that app hasn't been included on a Nexus since the N4. Hangouts has completely replaced it. So I don't know why they would suddenly bring it back now.

 

[Nyoro SF]

That is an app problem. Textra has the option to count swiping away the notification as reading it.

Oh sweet. Well, this applies to other apps too, guess it's not an Android problem that can be fixed.

 

[RoadHazard]

Oh sweet. Well, this applies to other apps too, guess it's not an Android problem that can be fixed.

I don't quite get what your issue is. If I swipe away a notification for a text that notification is gone forever. It doesn't mark the text as read in Hangouts, but the notification doesn't come back, or whatever it is you're saying. The same goes for all other apps I use. Swipe a notification away, and it's gone. So I'm not sure what's going on with your phone.

 

[Nero3000]

Is this likely to be released for the original nexus 7?

 

[RoadHazard]

Is this likely to be released for the original nexus 7?

They don't specify that only the 2013 N7 will get it, so the original one most likely will too.

 

[Chairhome]

Wonder how long it will take CM to get 5.0.

 

[Nyoro SF]

I don't quite get what your issue is. If I swipe away a notification for a text that notification is gone forever. It doesn't mark the text as read in Hangouts, but the notification doesn't come back, or whatever it is you're saying. The same goes for all other apps I use. Swipe a notification away, and it's gone. So I'm not sure what's going on with your phone.

My terminology is bad, perhaps. Basically if I get a text, I get an alert and a notification pop-up on my phone, so I drag from the top of the screen to see my list of notifications. If it's a small text or a small note from say, the Facebook app, I usually just clear my notifications and go back to the home screen. But after that, the apps still contain notification symbols that I have new messages. The only way to get rid of them is to enter the app and read the message within the app.

This applies to a number of apps, fairly annoying. Especially if it's a small notification that I don't have to enter the app to read.

 

[Zeppu]

Even if I cleared the notification away, the notification from the app would remain.

Ooooh! I misunderstood. Apologies.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Motorola confirmed it's coming to most of their devices as well.

Moto G (1st Gen. & 2nd Gen.)

http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/10/its-official-android-50-lollipop-coming.html

Aw yis.

 

[waypoetic]

Neato.

 

[RoadHazard]

My terminology is bad, perhaps. Basically if I get a text, I get an alert and a notification pop-up on my phone, so I drag from the top of the screen to see my list of notifications. If it's a small text or a small note from say, the Facebook app, I usually just clear my notifications and go back to the home screen. But after that, the apps still contain notification symbols that I have new messages. The only way to get rid of them is to enter the app and read the message within the app.

This applies to a number of apps, fairly annoying. Especially if it's a small notification that I don't have to enter the app to read.

Ok, yeah, I agree that it would be nice if swiping a notification away would mark the message as read (or whatever is appropriate) in the app. But this would have to been implemented on an app-by-app basis, since notifications can be for just about anything.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Like I said, that app hasn't been included on a Nexus since the N4. Hangouts has completely replaced it. So I don't know why they would suddenly bring it back now.

Really? I'm confident I had the old Messaging app when I bought the N4. Still do (although I do use Hangouts as an SMS app).

 

[Majine]

I'm so contemplating a Nexus 5. Is it great?

 

[RoadHazard]

Really? I'm confident I had the old Messaging app when I bought the N4. Still do (although I do use Hangouts as an SMS app).

Yeah, I meant that the N4 was the last Nexus to have the Messaging app included. Since the N5 it's been replaced completely by Hangouts, and I doubt they would bring it back now. The entire point of making Hangouts handle SMS/MMS (and recently Voice where that is relevant) was to not have messaging spread out over a bunch of different apps.

I'm so contemplating a Nexus 5. Is it great?

Battery and camera are average, and it lacks expandable storage if that's important to you (I don't miss it at all, I have embraced the cloud). Other than that, yeah, it's pretty great. Still very competitive performance-wise, it's gonna run L very smoothly.

 

[123rl]

My mum has a Motorola G. Honestly that phone is such an underrated gem. Dirt cheap and it runs so well. The fact that it gets updates faster than most flagships from other manufacturers is just the icing on the cake

 

[Majine]

Battery and camera are average, and it lacks expandable storage if that's important to you (I don't miss it at all, I have embraced the cloud). Other than that, yeah, it's pretty great. Still very competitive performance-wise, it's gonna run L very smoothly.

I'm probably okay with 32 GB. Having stock android is more important. Not gonna give in to Samsung.

 

[rocketskates]

Want on my HTC One M8

We will

Is it coming to the HTC One M8?

Of course!



People, this is why you root. You'll have Lollipop maybe a couple of months (if not more) before the planned roll outs whenever your carrier decides to push it out.

#FuckWaiting

 

[Dead Prince]

I don't believe LG has officially stated which devices will and won't be getting it, but I would be surprised if the G2 didn't get the update.

LG Plz. actually. Cyanogenmod plz.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

Any new footage of the OS? Any sizzle reels or anything?

 

[MercuryLS]

Any new footage of the OS? Any sizzle reels or anything?

Yeah, I'd like to see more of Lollipop. This is the first Android release where I really dig the design, it looks very polished. OS design and fluidity has always been the thing that held me back from Android. If they nail this then I've got some options in the future instead of always sticking with iOS.

 

[Nokterian]

yeaah booi rocking nexus 5 here!

 

[linsivvi]

This is a major upgrade. Keep innovating, Google!

 

[BertramCooper]

It's going to be even more depressing than usual when the OEMs cover up this lovely interface with their crap.

 

[Perfect Cha0s]

It's going to be even more depressing than usual when the OEMs cover up this lovely interface with their crap.

Yuuuuup.

 

[AlteredForms]

I just came when I saw the OS being confirmed for the Nexus 4. And to think, all the speculation about how Lollipop wasn't coming anywhere near the damn thing.

 

[clav]

It's going to be even more depressing than usual when the OEMs cover up this lovely interface with their crap.

thanks googy

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

My Nexus 4 is safe for another year or two...

 

[kehs]

WTF, I just updated to 444 and they come out with something new? This is such bullshit.

 

[BertramCooper]

Is this likely to be released for the original nexus 7?

Confirmed.

 

[SimleuqiR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mqvPHeNf2U#t=96

How the call casting ended.

That Lemon drop girl is the cutest thing ever.

The oreo guy is from Raising Hope lol.

 

[AlteredForms]

My Nexus 4 is safe for another year or two...

I'll be very surprised if we get the next iteration of the Android OS. Lollipop will most likely be our last one. If only there was one more to push support an additional two more years after this one ;(

 

[Lucifon]

Where's the Android Wear love Google ?

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

i welcome the new Lollipop overlords, fuck yes i hope sony updates the Xperia Z line quickly and the very least Z1 gets some love. dont wanna go custom ROM just yet

 

[Zombie James]

Bring on the AOSP push.

 

[Vermillion]

Ah, yes, no need to upgrade my phone yet.

 

[Zoned]

Lollipop definitely looks ace. Finally, Google is bringing some fluidity, and sweet animations that didn't seem right in previous iterations.
Can't wait to try that on my Nexus 5. Nexus 6 looks phenomenal, but that price... Don't know what to do.

 

[BMO = GOAT]

I think it will. It's still last year's flagship after all. Samsung is updating the S4.
But I wouldn't expect it within the end of this year. :

I don't believe LG has officially stated which devices will and won't be getting it, but I would be surprised if the G2 didn't get the update.

Thanks for answering! Hopefully LG supports it soon.

 

[mturco]

For those of you asking for more images of the new Lollipop design (called Material Design), here are some sample images from Google's design guidelines. Note that these aren't real apps but are meant to illustrate how Material Design apps should look.

Sample Apps

Icons:

Animations

Real Material Design Apps

Google Play Newsstand

Google+ / Photos

Google Play Store

Narrate

Simple Weather

J.Todo

Today Calendar Pro

 

[SimleuqiR]

ART, an entirely new Android runtime, improves application performance and responsiveness
Up to 4x performance improvements

So, 4x performance improvements...what's the current implementation of ART doing in performance...20%?