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Android Lollipop

version of the Android operating system

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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)
Final release: 5.1.1_r38 (LMY49M) / July 5, 2016 ; 9 years ago ( 2016-07-05 )
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 /

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Android Lollipop statue 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.

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.