The software giant Google has confirmed that the Google Nexus 4 smartphone released back in November 2012 will be receiving the Android 5.1 Lollipop over-the-air update, Ecumenical News reported.
The tech giant had released Android 5.0 Lollipop back in November last year, with several new features and a complete revamp of user interface. However, a number of bugs appeared because of the Android 5.0 Lollipop update, especially memory leak bug. The memory leak bug caused apps to crash and even filled the memory of the device, according to NDTV Gadgets.
In March of this year, Google declared the release of Android 5.1 Lollipop with some new features. Some of the important features of Android 5.1 Lollipop are device protection, HD calling between compatible devices running Android 5.1 Lollipop and multiple SIM card support on devices with multiple slots. The device protection feature locks the mobile phone until the user signs in with their Google account. It works even if someone else has reset the mobile phone to its factory settings.
Google has now started sending Android 5.1 Lollipop updates to users of Nexus 4.
Unfortunately, the Android 5.1 update has failed to fix Android 5.0 Lollipop's memory leak bug. The reports of Android 5.1.1 (API level 22) being in development have been doing the rounds. Android 5.1.1 has been spotted in the Android SDK Manager.
Google is now set to start Android 5.1 updates for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (cellular), Nexus 7 2013 and Nexus 9. While the company has confirmed that it will release Android 5.1 updates for all these devices, it has not given any particular time frame or declared whether the devices will get Android 5.1.1 or Android 5.1.