Fifth major version of the Android operating system
Android Lollipop
Version of the Android operating system
Screenshot
Android Lollipop home screen
Developer
Google
General availability
November 4, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-04)[1]
Final release
5.1.1_r38 (LMY49M)[2] / July 5, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-07-05)[3]
Kernel type
Monolithic (Linux)
Preceded by
Android 4.4.4 "KitKat"
Succeeded by
Android 6.0 "Marshmallow"
Official website
www.android.com/versions/lollipop-5-0/
Support status
Unsupported as of July 5, 2016, still receiving Google Play Services updates
Android Lollipop (codenamed Android L during development) is the fifth major version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google and the 12th version of Android, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1.[4] Unveiled on June 25, 2014 at the Google I/O 2014 conference, it became available through official over-the-air (OTA) updates on November 12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google (such as Nexus and Google Play edition devices). Its source code was made available on November 3, 2014. The first phone with Android Lollipop was the Nexus 6.
One of the most prominent changes in the Lollipop release is a redesigned user interface built around a design language known as Material Design, which was made to retain a paper-like feel to the interface. Other changes include improvements to the notifications, which can be accessed from the lockscreen and displayed within applications as top-of-the-screen banners. Google also made internal changes to the platform, with the Android Runtime (ART) officially replacing Dalvik for improved application performance, and with changes intended to improve and optimize battery usage.
As of December 2022, 1.21% devices run Lollipop 5.1 (API 22).[5] However, this figure is misleading, as on tablets Android 5.1 is much more popular than it is on phones, being ranked 6th of all Android versions at 5.79% as of November 2023.[6] As of April 2024 Lollipop is the oldest version of Android still supported by Google Play Services.[7]
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