Samsung users in the United States will soon have their hands on the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS for the Samsung Galaxy S5. Sadly, however, no official release date has been divulged.
According to Christian Today, it would appear that Samsung has placed its focus on European countries when it comes to releasing the OS for Galaxy S5. Some countries in Europe, such as Poland and Spain, are now enjoying the Android 5.0, while the U.S. is still humbly waiting.
Rumor has it that Asian countries, namely Malaysia and Hong Kong, have already received the OS update as well. If the stories are true, then this could only mean that other Asian countries are next in line.
To date, the South Korean phone maker has not made an official statement on when they will be releasing the new update for the Samsung Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S4, as well as for the Galaxy Note 3. Loyal Samsung users have an idea that the update release will be out soon because of a series of leaks that surfaced on the Internet in the past several weeks, says Android.gs.
Still, with or without the leak, it certainly looks like the 5.0 update will be reaching the far west soon because of its ultimately speedy rollout. Taking a look at the bigger picture, it looks like the Korean tech mogul has developed a system when it comes to distributing their latest Android update.
According to Tech Radar, once the update has been installed, users can look forward to heads-up notifications, MirrorLink, lock-screen, and a much improved fingerprint sensor. The Android 5.0 Lollipop also brings a redesigned interface, called the Material Design, which the company has incorporated into its TouchWiz theme.
Tech Times reports that less than two weeks before the update was released in the United Kingdom, which was late last month, an anonymous employee of Samsung leaked an internal email that confirmed which Samsung contraptions will be getting the Android 5.0 Lollipop update on January.
The email was posted on a forum on Reddit. The employee even answered some questions from Reddit users who got the chance to see the leaked email. The person who posted the leak has since deleted the post, as well as the profile that he or she had created.
However, the moderators of Reddit had confirmed that the person who made the online post was, indeed, an employee of Samsung. They said, "FYI: He sent us a picture showing that he does, indeed, work with Samsung. So that's where the 'verified' tag comes from."