Sony hasn’t moved quite as fast as other manufacturers in updating their flagship phones, but today they’ve announced that their Android 5.0 update has begun. The update will rollout to their latest flagship line first, beginning with the Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact.
The update will begin hitting Xperia Z3/Z3 Compact handsets in the Nordics and Baltics first, before hitting other regions. The update contains a number of goodies for you to sink your teeth into including :
- Fresh, streamlined looks – based on Google’s material design, but retaining our minimalistic approach to interface and application design.
- New look notifications and lock screen – with fully customizable settings, so you only get the information you really need.
- Multi user profiles and guest mode – making it easy for family and friends to use your device, or the creation of dual environments for work and play…
- Android for Work – not only are business-ready Xperia smartphones and tablets unique devices for work – with waterproof form factors, great battery life and productivity features – they will now also be part of the Android for Work ecosystem.
- Better storage control and customisation – with the option to easily move applications from internal memory to SD card – giving you more control over your content, particularly useful for devices with slightly less space.
This is great news for customers who purchased their handsets outright from a retailer – if you purchased outright from a carrier, it’s still branded stock – but what about those who purchased on a plan? Telstra has already announced that the update is almost ready, but what about the other two carriers who stocked the handsets? Optus has no news on their update page, and Vodafone is apparently still waiting on the update according to theirs.
If you see the update to Android 5.0 begin hitting your Xperia Z3 handset, take a couple of screenshots to document the update and send them through to us.
