Everybody’s riding the Android 5.0 wave, and today, it’s Sony’s turn to show what they’ve been doing with Android Lollipop. Sony has traditionally been more friendly with ROMs and versions of Android based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project), especially with their unlocked Xperia devices. So here’s Sony sharing what they’re doing with Google’s recently released source code for Android 5.0.
We’re going to point you over to the video below to show what Sony has been up to, and we’re pretty sure the Sony fanboys and fangirls out there will be pretty pleased with what they have to show. Click on the video below.
As you can see, the AOSP version of Android Lollipop already runs pretty smoothly on the Sony Xperia Z3, Z2 and Z1. Pretty fast for Sony, who are traditionally slow in working out updates for their devices. What’s better is that Sony is promising to make available the binary files for download soon. Nice, right?
Caveat to that (there is always one or two), the binaries will be only for Xperia devices which have been unlocked. Unfortunately, there is no official word on when Sony will release official (non-AOSP) Android Lollipop updates for their Xperia line. I guess we’ll all have to wait for that specific announcement.
SOURCE: Sony
Sweet. Wish lg would follow suit.