Sony Android Lollipop Update News: Only Xperia Z Series Phones Getting Latest Software
A piece of disappointing news for some Sony smartphone users: Sony recently announced, despite earlier pronouncements, that the company is only providing Lollipop updates to its high-end line of smartphones, the Xperia Z series. This leaves no update for non-Xperia owners, such as those who have the T2 Ultra, T3, M2 Aqua, M2, E1, E3, and C3 smartphones.
Earlier in the year, speculations were abound as to when Sony will release the Lollipop updates to its smartphones, so this piece of news comes as a surprise to most. Sony has not given any reason why it is restricting the updates to the Z series only.
After it made the announcement, Sony received various complaints and criticisms from customers through various social network platforms, according to a report in Android Community. Sony's only response through its social media team was that they "can't comment on upgrades for further products at this time."
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Sony has started making the rounds about when the update will be rolled out and how Z series owners can access the update. According to another Android Community report, Sony Mobile Indonesia shared on Facebook that the update will released on week 12 of the year, or March 16 to be exact.
To get the Lollipop update, users need to go to Update Center to access it. The update is said to bring "improved performance, better battery life, new features and new apps." Sony Indonesia also announced that moving apps to the SD card will be possible with the update.
As mentioned in Lollipop update reports, the update will bring a new "material design" user interface, enable multi-user support, and improved screen lock.
Sony India for its part shared a software update schedule as well, indicating that Sony has in fact finished updates for the Xperia Z2 and Z3, although release dates were not shared.
North America (US and Canada), Australia and the UK will like receive their updates through their carriers anytime soon.
Sony Xperia Z3 owners should have at least 640MB of free space on their phones, while Xperia Z2 owners need at least 530MB free space.
