After about ten years of hitting Android phones around the world, Lollipop or Android 5.0 no longer officially has any kind of support.
Google has long since stopped releasing monthly updates and security patches for this version, but Google Play Services has kept a bunch of features for devices still running Lollipop, like backups or authentication.
Now, version 5.0 represents less than 1% of Android devices in use in the world, and Google is certainly no longer supporting it.
One of the biggest “leaps” in Android evolution
Although official support for Android Lollipop has ended, users who insist on using devices running this version will be able to continue working.
However, as with any operating system that loses official support, there will be no more functionality and, above all, security updates, at the same time that many applications will not be able to work on their own devices.
When it was released in November 2014, Lollipop represented a major leap forward in Android releases, both in terms of development tools and in terms of user interface development, speed of operation and application performance, as well as integration into work environments.
Now, Google officials are strongly encouraging users to move to new versions of Android, in order to get the “latest features and security improvements.”
With this decision, the oldest Android version officially supported by Google Play Services is 6.0. Exactly a year ago, Android 4.4 KitKat was no longer officially supported.
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