Through the official blog of Sony Mobile, the company announced that it will be rolling out the Android 5.1 Lollipop update for its Z series of smartphones beginning next month.
The blog pointed out that the Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrade has rolled out for the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z. In addition, the same upgrade is beginning to roll out in different regions for the Z, Z1, Z2 and Z3 smartphones in the Xperia line.
As the next step to the upgrading of its devices to the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, Sony confirmed that the aforementioned devices will also soon be receiving the upgrade to Android 5.1 Lollipop. In addition, the Xperia T2 Ultra and the Xperia C3 will also be receiving the operating system upgrade.
The post on the Sony Mobile blog also mentioned that the company has been receiving significant feedback regarding expanding the rollout of Android Lollipop to more devices of the company. Related to this feedback, Sony announced that it will also be upgrading the Xperia M2 and the Xperia M2 Aqua straight to Android 5.1 Lollipop, as the two devices were not part of the lineup that received support to be updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop.
In March, Sony announced that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update will only be rolled out for the Xperia Z devices, with other devices such as the Xperia M2 and the Xperia M2 Aqua supposedly to be stuck on Android KitKat forever. This news was met with a lot of disappointment by customers of Sony, which could be a factor to why the company reversed its decision and expand the upgrade to devices outside the Xperia Z family.
The timeline for the release of the update for these two smartphones, however, will be a little later to the rollout of the update for the Xperia Z series devices.
The availability and timing of the rollout of the Android 5.1 Lollipop updates will also be affected by the carrier of the customers and the location where they are in.
Owners of the devices covered by the announcement are recommended to follow the Sony Mobile blog to keep updated with developments regarding the planned Android 5.1 Lollipop rollouts or to follow the Sony Mobile News account on Twitter.
