Google announced the immediate availability of Android 5.1 Lollipop για τις συσκευές Nexus. Παρά το γεγονός ότι η ετειρεία δεν είναι και πολύ συγκεκριμένη για το ποιες συσκευές θα λάβουν την ενημέρωση σήμερα, μπορούμε με ασφάλεια να υποθέσουμε ότι όλες οι συσκευές Nexus θα μπορόυν να ενημερωθούν.
What is interesting in Google's announcement is that there are some new features that will be available once you update your operating system version to Android Lollipop 5.1.
New features include, support for multiple SIM cards, Device Protection and support for High Definition (HD) voice on compatible mobile phones.
Basically, Android 5.1 Lollipop will now allow smartphones to use more than one SIM card when the device has multiple SIM slots.
The second new major feature that comes to this update is Device Protection, which provides smartphone owners with an extra level of security.
When stolen or lost, a device that has Android 5.1 Lollipop installed will remain locked until its owner enters his account with Google. This is true even if someone returns the device to factory settings.
According to Google, the possibility protectionς της συσκευής θα είναι διαθέσιμη στα περισσότερα Android smartphones και tablets που θα κυκλοφορήσουν “φορώντας” το Android 5.1 Lollipop, εκτός από τα Nexus 6 και 9.
In addition, Android 5.1 Lollipop brings HD voice calling to compatible devices such as Nexus 6 from T-Mobile and Verizon.
Last, but also important, is the ability to access Wi-Fi networks and control connected Bluetooth devices directly from Quick Settings.
The Android 5.1 Lollipop for Nexus devices will be distributed OTA (over the air) gradually.
If you own one of the Nexus devices compatible with Android 5.1 Lollipop and are planning to upgrade to factory image without waiting for the OTA distribution, you can find them at Google developers website to download it.
How to flash the factory image on a Nexus device
First of all, download the correct system image for your Nexus device when it gets released by Google. Then unzip it to a separate folder and connect your device to your computer via USB.
Start the device in fastboot mode and, if necessary, unlock the device bootloader. Open one terminal and browse to the folder with the decompressed system image file to run the flash-all script, which will install the necessary bootloader, baseband firmware, and operating system.
