Android 5.0 Lollipop for Galaxy Note 3, Note 4, S4 and S5 LTE-A coming in early 2015, confirms Samsung

Samsung has just revealed its plans via Twitter that the official rollout of Android 5.0 Lollipop update will commence in early 2015 for a bunch of Galaxy devices including Note 3, Note 4, S4 and S5 LTE-A.

The company has already announced the rollout of Lollipop update for Galaxy S5 smartphone in South Korea starting 5 December, following its release in Poland just a day before.

According to AndroidOS, Seoul-based Reuters tech correspondent, Vincent Se Young Lee, has tweeted that a handful of Samsung's flagship devices including Note 3, Note 4, S4 and S5 LTE-A would get the latest Android update sometime in early 2015.

Here is what Vincent (@Rover829) tweeted while breaking the news of upcoming Lollipop release schedule for Samsung's flagship devices:

#Samsung Electronics says #Lollipop update for the Galaxy S5 in #Korea starts on Friday, notes that the upgrade began in Poland yesterday

— Vincent Se Young Lee (@Rover829) December 5, 2014

#Samsung says #Lollipop updates for other devices like the Note 4, Galaxy S5 LTE-A, Note 3 and Galaxy S4 coming in early 2015. — Vincent Se Young Lee (@Rover829) December 5, 2014

It is ascertained that Samsung could begin its rollout of Lollipop update starting with Note 3 and Note 4, and then move on to its S-line of devices such as Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S5 LTE-A.

Android 5.0 Lollipop Features

Some of the noteworthy features ported into the Android 5.0 Lollipop update include a host of feature enhancements and tweaks such as lock-screen notifications, heads-up notifications, ART as default runtime, UI improvements, battery enhancements, guest mode on phones, improved security and more.