The Nexus 6 is now ready to update to Android 5.1 Lollipop. The American company Google has begun to distribute the Android 5.1 Lollipop update in a large part of the family of devices in the Nexus range. These updates are reaching users around the world both in the form of downloadable image files and as direct updates via OTA. At this time, the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2012, WiFi version) and Nexus 10 can already be updated to the latest version ofAndroid.
But the case of the Nexus 6 is the most striking of all. It turns out that, as a developer going by the name Francisco Franco has discovered, the Nexus 6 Android 5.1 update brings a significant performance improvement to this smartphone. Apparently, the first versions of Lollipop did not take full advantage of the power that the four cores of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor in the Nexus 6 were capable of offering, something that seems to have been solved with this new update to Android 5.1.
Franco also makes reference in his official Google+ account ( https://plus.google.com/+FranciscoFranco1990/posts/KB6JYHDG5U8 ) to other technical improvements that, in short, result in the same conclusion: Android 5.1 Lollipop improves the Nexus 6 performance. Although, yes, it also points out that Google still has some improvements to make.
The deployment of the Android 5.1 Lollipop update via OTA (that is, in the form of an update that can be downloaded directly from the mobile) may vary depending on each country. Therefore, owners of a Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2012, WiFi) or Nexus 10 who want to install the Android 5.1 update on their terminals immediately can do so by downloading the official update file that Google makes available. available on its official website. The links for these files are as follows:
- Nexus 6, Android 5.1.0 update ( LMY47D ): https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/shamu-lmy47d-factory-6c44d402.tgz.
- Nexus 5, Android 5.1.0 update ( LMY47D ): https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/hammerhead-lmy47d-factory-6c1ad81e.tgz.
- Nexus 7 (2012, WiFi), Android 5.1.0 update ( LMY47D ): https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/nakasi-lmy47d-factory-bc93dab8.tgz.
- Nexus 10, Android 5.1.0 update ( LMY47D ): https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/mantaray-lmy47d-factory-63eade7f.tgz.
- The links to these files can be found at this address: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images. To install these updates it is necessary to follow a manual update procedure that requires a minimum of operating system knowledge.
By the time the Android 5.1 Lollipop update has finished being distributed via OTA, the procedure to update the Nexus to this version will be even easier. To do this, you will only have to activate the WiFi connection, enter the Settings application, click on the " About device " section, click on the "System updates " option and wait for a message to appear informing you of the Android 5.1 availability.
