Android Lollipop

Android Lollipop
Android Lollipop
Version of the Android operating system
	AOSP Android Lollipop home screen
Developer	Google
General; availability	November 4, 2014 (as Android 5.0) March 2, 2015 (as Android 5.1)
Final release	5.1.1_r38 (LMY49M) / July 5, 2016
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Preceded by	Android KitKat (4.4)
Succeeded by	Android Marshmallow (6.x)
Official website	www.android.com/versions/lollipop-5-0/
Support status
	Android 5.0: Unsupported as of November 4, 2017; Android 5.1: Unsupported as of March 1, 2018; Google Play Services support dropped since July 11, 2024; Google Play Store support dropped since March 2024; Google Play Games support dropped since September 2024;

Android Lollipop (codenamed Android L during development) is the fifth major version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google and the 12th version of Android, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1.^[4]

Unveiled on June 25, 2014, at the Google I/O 2014 conference, it became available through official over-the-air (OTA) updates on November 12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google (such as Nexus and Google Play edition devices). Its source code was made available on November 3, 2014. The first phone with Android Lollipop was the Nexus 6.

One of the most prominent changes in the Lollipop release is a redesigned user interface built around a design language known as Material Design, which was made to retain a paper-like feel to the interface. Other changes include improvements to the notifications, which can be accessed from the lockscreen and displayed within applications as top-of-the-screen banners. Google also made internal changes to the platform, with the Android Runtime (ART) officially replacing Dalvik for improved application performance, and with changes intended to improve and optimize battery usage. The Roboto font, which was originally made for Android Ice Cream Sandwich, was redesigned in favor of Material Design.

As of January 2025, 0.92% of Android devices run Android Lollipop (0.47% on 5.0, and 0.45% on 5.1).^[5] Google Play Services support for Lollipop ended in July 2024.^[6]

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