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2014 Android mobile operating system

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Android Lollipop Version of the Android operating system Android Lollipop running on a Nexus 5 Developer Google General availability November 12, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-11-12) (as Android 5.0) March 2, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-03-02) (as Android 5.1) April 20, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-04-20) (as Android 5.1.1) [1] Final release 5.1.1_r38 (LMY49M)[2] / July 5, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-07-05)[3] 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 2024[4]

Android Lollipop statue

**Android Lollipop** ([codenamed](/source/Code_name) **Android L** during development) is the fifth major version of the [Android](/source/Android_(operating_system)) [mobile operating system](/source/Mobile_operating_system) developed by Google and the 12th version of Android, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1.[5]

Unveiled on June 25, 2014, at the [Google I/O](/source/Google_I%2FO) 2014 conference, it became available through official [over-the-air](/source/Over-the-air_programming) (OTA) updates on November 12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google (such as [Nexus](/source/Google_Nexus) and [Google Play edition](/source/Google_Play_edition) devices). Its source code was made available on November 3, 2014. The first phone with Android Lollipop was the [Nexus 6](/source/Nexus_6).

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

As of March 2026, 0.69% of Android devices ran Lollipop.[6] [Google Play Services](/source/Google_Play_Services) support for Lollipop ended in July 2024.[7]

## Development

The release was internally codenamed "[Lemon Meringue Pie](/source/Lemon_meringue_pie)".[8] Android 5.0 was first unveiled under the codename "Android L" on June 25, 2014, during a keynote presentation at the [Google I/O](/source/Google_I%2FO) developers' conference. Alongside Lollipop, the presentation focused on several new Android-oriented platforms and technologies, including [Android TV](/source/Android_TV), in-car platform [Android Auto](/source/Android_Auto), [wearable computing](/source/Wearable_computing) platform [Android Wear](/source/Android_Wear), and health tracking platform [Google Fit](/source/Google_Fit).[9]

Part of the presentation was dedicated to a new cross-platform [design language](/source/Design_language) called "[Material Design](/source/Material_Design)". Expanding upon the "[card](/source/Index_card)" motifs first seen in [Google Now](/source/Google_Now), it features increased use of grid-based layouts, responsive animations and transitions, padding, and depth effects such as lighting and shadows. Designer [Matías Duarte](/source/Mat%C3%ADas_Duarte) explained that "unlike real paper, our digital material can expand and reform intelligently. Material has physical surfaces and edges. Seams and shadows provide meaning about what you can touch." The material design language would not only be used on Android, but across Google's suite of web software as well, providing a consistent experience across all platforms.[10][11][12][13][14]

## Features

See also: [Android version history § Android 5.0 Lollipop](/source/Android_version_history#Android_5.0_Lollipop)

Android 5.0 introduces a refreshed notification system. Individual notifications are now displayed on cards to adhere to the material design language, and batches of notifications can be grouped by the app that produced them. Notifications are now displayed on the [lock screen](/source/Lock_screen) as cards, and "heads up" notifications can also be displayed as large banners across the top of the screen, along with their respective action buttons.[11][15] A do-not-disturb feature is also added for notifications. The recent apps menu was redesigned to use a three-dimensional stack of cards to represent open apps. Individual apps can also display multiple cards in the recents menu, such as for a web browser's open [tabs](/source/Tabbed_browsing).[11][13][16] Upon the release of this version, for most Android devices, the navigation buttons were completely changed from a left arrow, a house, and two squares, to a left triangle, a circle and a square.

Lollipop also contains significant new platform features for developers, with over 5,000 new [APIs](/source/API) added for use by applications.[17][18] For example, there is the possibility to save photos in a [raw image format](/source/Raw_image_format).[19] Additionally, the [Dalvik virtual machine](/source/Dalvik_virtual_machine) was officially replaced by [Android Runtime](/source/Android_Runtime) (ART), which is a new [runtime environment](/source/Runtime_environment) that was introduced as a [technology preview](/source/Technology_preview) in KitKat.[20] ART is a cross-platform runtime which supports the [x86](/source/X86), [ARM](/source/ARM_architecture), and [MIPS](/source/MIPS_architecture) architectures in both [32-bit](/source/32-bit) and [64-bit](/source/64-bit) environments. Unlike Dalvik, which uses [just-in-time compilation](/source/Just-in-time_compilation) (JIT), ART compiles apps [upon installation](/source/Ahead-of-time_compilation), which are then run exclusively from the compiled version from then on. This technique eliminates the processing overhead of JIT, improving system performance.[21]

Lollipop also aimed to improve battery consumption through a series of optimizations known as "Project Volta". Among its changes are a new battery-saver mode, job-scheduling APIs that can restrict certain tasks to [Wi-Fi](/source/Wi-Fi) only, and task batching to reduce the overall time internal radios are active. The new developer tool, "Battery Historian," can be used to track app battery consumption. At the same time, in use.[9][11] The Android Extension Pack APIs also provide graphics functions such as new [shaders](/source/Shader), aiming to provide [PC](/source/Personal_computer)-level graphics for 3D games on Android devices.[14][22]

Several system-level, enterprise-oriented features were also introduced under the "Android for Work" banner. The [Samsung Knox](/source/Samsung_Knox) security framework was initially planned to be used as a foundation for "Android for Work", but instead Google opted to use its own technology for segregating personal and work-oriented data on a device, along with the accompanying APIs for managing the environment.[23] With the "Smart Lock" feature, devices can also be configured so users do not have to perform device unlocking with a PIN or pattern when being in a trusted location, or in proximity of a designated [Bluetooth](/source/Bluetooth) device or [NFC tag](/source/NFC_tag).[16][24][25] Lollipop was, additionally, to have device encryption enabled by default on all capable devices; however, due to performance issues, this change was held over to its successor, [Android Marshmallow](/source/Android_Marshmallow).[26]

## Release

A developer preview of Android L, build LPV79,[27] was released for the [Nexus 5](/source/Nexus_5) and [2013 Nexus 7](/source/Nexus_7_(2013)) on June 26, 2014, in the form of [flashable](/source/Flashing_(technology)) images. [Source code](/source/Source_code) for [GPL](/source/GPL)-licensed components of the developer preview were released via [Android Open Source Project](/source/Android_Open_Source_Project) (AOSP) in July 2014.[28][29] A second developer preview build, LPV81C, was released on August 7, 2014, alongside the beta version of the [Google Fit](/source/Google_Fit) platform and SDK. As with the previous build, the second developer preview build is available only for the Nexus 5 and 2013 Nexus 7.[27][30]

On October 15, 2014, Google officially announced that Android L would be known as Android 5.0 "Lollipop". The company also unveiled launch devices for Android 5.0‍—‌including Motorola's [Nexus 6](/source/Nexus_6) and [HTC](/source/HTC)'s [Nexus 9](/source/Nexus_9)‍—‌for release on November 3, 2014.[31] Google stated that Nexus (including the [Nexus 4](/source/Nexus_4), 5, 7, and [10](/source/Nexus_10)) and [Google Play edition](/source/Google_Play_edition) devices would receive updates to Lollipop "in the coming weeks"; one more developer preview build for Nexus devices and the new SDK revision for application developers would be released on October 17, 2014. Update schedules for third-party Android devices may vary by manufacturer.[32][33]

The full source code of Android 5.0 was pushed to AOSP on November 3, 2014, allowing developers and OEMs to begin producing their own builds of the operating system.[34] On December 2, 2014, factory images for Nexus smartphones and tablets were updated to the 5.0.1 version, which introduces a few bug fixes,[35] and a serious bug that affected Nexus 4 devices and prevented the audio from working during phone calls.[36] A device-specific Lollipop 5.0.2 (LRX22G) version was released for the first-generation Nexus 7 on December 19, 2014.[37]

Android 5.1, an updated version of Lollipop, was unveiled in February 2015 as part of the Indonesian launch of [Android One](/source/Android_One), and is preloaded on Android One devices sold in Indonesia and the Philippines. Google officially announced 5.1 by releasing updates for existing devices on March 9, 2015.[38][39]

In 2015, [Amazon.com](/source/Amazon.com) forked Lollipop to produce [Fire OS 5 "Bellini"](/source/Fire_OS) for [Amazon's Fire HD](/source/Fire_HD)-series devices.[40][41][42]

## See also

- [Android version history](/source/Android_version_history)

- [iOS 8](/source/IOS_8)

- [Material Design](/source/Material_Design)

- [OS X Yosemite](/source/OS_X_Yosemite)

- [Windows 8.1](/source/Windows_8.1)

- [Windows Phone 8.1](/source/Windows_Phone_8.1)

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## External links

- Media related to [Android Lollipop](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Android_Lollipop) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Official website](https://www.android.com/versions/lollipop-5-0/)

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