Android L 5.0 Lollipop Release Date & Download: Samsung Inching Closer to Lollipop Release on Galaxy S5

Samsung Galaxy S5 users will now just have to wait a month or so to get the new Android L 5.0 Lollipop update.

Although Samsung has not yet released any announcement about the Lollipop update, many speculations and rumors about which phones will get the update have continuously circulated.

To date, the only Samsung gadget confirmed to get the Lollipop update is the Galaxy Note 4. In a Twitter post last October, Samsung hinted that the Galaxy Note 4 will get the Lollipop update. The company relayed the message through a photo showing a Galaxy Note 4 that has a wallpaper of three swirled lollipops with the caption, "Anyway you look at it, the #GALAXYNote4 Quad HD Super AMOLED display is pretty sweet. #NoteTheDifference."

The International Business Times earlier reported that Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy S4, and Samsung Galaxy Note 3 are expected to get the Lollipop update in January next year. But another website, Sam Mobile, predicted that it will be earlier, maybe in December this year. Sam Mobile even made exclusive preview videos to give a glimpse of how will the Android 5.0 Lollipop update look like on the Samsung Galaxy S5.

Watch it here:

In its report, Sam Mobile enumerated some of the changes seen in the device with the Lollipop update. It includes new fingerprint lock screen, new font, and new animations. A Google Search bar is now also present in the recents menu. "Interruptions" have also been deleted from the Sound settings while Media in Gallery can now be also sorted using new filters. Square grids surrounding the numbers and symbols in the Calculator have now been removed, among others. 

A very recent report from Gotta Be Mobile said that it has been confirmed that carrier Sprint already has the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for testing for the Galaxy S5. In a separate report, it was noted that Sprint will definitely be the first carrier to release the Lollipop update since it was the first carrier to release the Galaxy S4 KitKat update before.

As for the Samsung Galaxy S4, NDTV Gadgets reported that users may also get the new operating system next year, noting of "Google's 18-month update guarantee period." Samsung S4 earlier had two previous Android versions Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and Android 4.4 KitKat.

According to the list made by the Android Soul, other Samsung phones expected to get the Lollipop update include Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo, Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini, Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport, Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, Samsung Galaxy Alpha, Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, Samsung Galaxy K Zoom, and Samsung Galaxy Ace Style. Samsung tablets expected to get the update include Samsung Galaxy Tab S (both the 8.4 and 10.5 inches), Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro (8.4, 10.1, and 12.2), Samsung Galaxy Note Pro (8.8, 10.1, and 12.2), Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (7.0, 8.0, and 10.1), and Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition, it added.