“Product so and so will be receiving the Android 5.0 Lollipop update soon”. This has been a common headline in a lot of tech news the past months, but some Android devices from different OEMs are still waiting for the update to rollout. Sony has been part of that kind of news when it comes not just to their Xperia devices but to their other series as well. At least now, they’ve finally announced a date. Well, sort of.

On their official Twitter post, Sony announced that the Lollipop will finally arrive on the Xperia Z2 and Z2 Tablet, the Xperia Z3 Dual, Z1, Z1 Compact, and Z Ultra, as well as the T2 Ultra and C3 (how does anyone keep up with all these confusing names???). The exact date and timings of the roll-outs were not that specific, but they did say that the Xperia Z3 Dual, Z1, Z1 Compact and Z Ultra would go first and that will happen sometime next week.te then it will be followed by the T2 Ultra and the C3. The last in that batch would be the ones from the Z series mentioned earlier.

Take note that the update rolling out will be Android 5.0.2 and not the 5.1 that has been rolled out to Nexus devices naturally. Sony recently released a demo video showing users what to expect when their device has finally been “Lollipop-ized”. Major features that will now be on your smartphone or tablet are Priority Mode notifications, lock screen notifications which you can then act on, even while your phone is still locked, Smart Lock, and of course the now-ubiquitous Material Design visual guideline.

Sony device owners should be pretty happy that the OEM is not just limiting the upgrade to its newer flagship devices, but even on to other series as well. So if you own any of the devices we mentioned above, let the (hopefully short) waiting game begin.

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