Google Play services updates for Android Lollipop end
Google Play services updates for Android Lollipop end
Google today is "discontinuing Google Play Services updates for Android Lollipop devices." Android 5.0 hit stable in November 2014...
Iconic release. Material design looked fresh as hell. Shame about the battery life and wake locks though which were never fixed until Android 6.
33ReplyThe design was really great. Everything 4.4 and below looks horribly outdated.
14ReplyPart of me misses the short-lived Holo design from the Honeycomb era.
18ReplyThey look outdated because they are more than a decade old.
2Reply
never fixed until
Android 6Android 9FTFY
It wasn't until my Xiaomi Mi 8 that I could use my phone without babysitting wakelocks. My nexus 6P still had them, and the consequences were quite annoying thanks to the SD810...
4ReplyLollipop was my first Android (I miss my Nexus 6), so I'll always have a soft spot for it
3Reply
Back when material design actually felt like 'material'
21ReplyI liked lollipop a lot but stock android didn't look as good. Especially the notification bar.
6ReplyGrrr you reminded me that lollipop got rid of the notification ticker.
One of the nicest implementations of notifications and they scrapped it for intrusive heads up.
13Reply
Lollipop was my first foray into Android and the reason I switched from iOS. FYI, Firefox still supports it.
2Reply@baatliwala Now I feel old...
2ReplyAndroid Lollipop was first released in November 2014, nearly 10 years ago
False statement from Google, as they know that OEM started to slowly adopt it over months. They still sold Lollipop devices in 2018
-30Reply"first released"
Words, what do they mean, am I right?
31ReplyThe way it's worded it seems like it had "iOS -like" adoption rate, where a week after release, everyone got the update
-18Reply
That isn't a false statement at all. They didn't say they stopped selling it in 2014, only that it was released then.
23ReplyWe all know that once a new version gets released, it takes 1-2 years to get to customers in average
-16Reply