Android @lemdro.id baatliwala @lemmy.world 4 mo. ago

Google Play services updates for Android Lollipop end

9to5google.com Google Play services updates for Android Lollipop end

Google today is "discontinuing Google Play Services updates for Android Lollipop devices." Android 5.0 hit stable in November 2014...

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Iconic release. Material design looked fresh as hell. Shame about the battery life and wake locks though which were never fixed until Android 6.
- The design was really great. Everything 4.4 and below looks horribly outdated.
  
  Part of me misses the short-lived Holo design from the Honeycomb era.
  
  They look outdated because they are more than a decade old.
- never fixed until ~~Android 6~~ Android 9
  
  FTFY
  
  It wasn't until my Xiaomi Mi 8 that I could use my phone without babysitting wakelocks. My nexus 6P still had them, and the consequences were quite annoying thanks to the SD810...
- Lollipop was my first Android (I miss my Nexus 6), so I'll always have a soft spot for it
Back when material design actually felt like 'material'
- I liked lollipop a lot but stock android didn't look as good. Especially the notification bar.
  
  Grrr you reminded me that lollipop got rid of the notification ticker.
  
  One of the nicest implementations of notifications and they scrapped it for intrusive heads up.
Lollipop was my first foray into Android and the reason I switched from iOS. FYI, Firefox still supports it.
@baatliwala Now I feel old...
Android Lollipop was first released in November 2014, nearly 10 years ago

False statement from Google, as they know that OEM started to slowly adopt it over months. They still sold Lollipop devices in 2018
- "first released"
  
  Words, what do they mean, am I right?
  
  The way it's worded it seems like it had "iOS -like" adoption rate, where a week after release, everyone got the update
- That isn't a false statement at all. They didn't say they stopped selling it in 2014, only that it was released then.
  
  We all know that once a new version gets released, it takes 1-2 years to get to customers in average

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