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Google officially suspends support for Android Lollipop after a decade (www.androidcentral.com)
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  • Google will discontinue official support for Android Lollipop OS, which debuted with Nexus 6.
  • Also known as Android 5.0, it was widely popular for introducing Material You to Android devices.
  • The said OS will no longer receive Google Play Updates, citing that less than one percent of active devices are running it.
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[-] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This headline is absolutely atrocious. It makes it sound like Android Lollipop itself was still being supported, but that support ended around 7 years ago.

It should be "Google Play services updates for Android Lollipop end"

[-] TheDuffmaster@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Back then it was called "Material Design", and it was glorious 👴🗣️☁️

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

Also known as Android 5.0, it was widely popular for introducing Material You to Android devices.

This is incorrect - Android 5 came with Material Design, of which Material You is an evolution (arguably it could also be called Material Design 3). Material You did not exist back then.

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