Android 5.0 Lollipop shows up on a Moto X 2014

Motorola made a small splash last year when their update to Android 4.4. KitKat reached the Motorola Moto X even before Google could get the system update out to their own Nexus 4 smartphone. Motorola appears to be on track to duplicating that feat, or at least coming very close, after a copy of Android 5.0 Lollipop was found running on a Moto X 2014. 

Confirmation that Motorola has a copy of Android Lollipop already up and running on the Moto X 2014 comes from an anonymous source who supplied screenshots to try to verify the truth of the claim. Sources have redacted information that would reveal the carrier, baseband or kernel information. However, Lollipop build was apparently generated just last week.

Some of the screenshots also reveal some of the tweaks Motorola, or possibly the carrier, made to Lollipop for the Moto X 2014. One thing users will notice is that the device still uses some old icons for the mobile connection instead of the new, solid icons. When the settings shade is pulled down, users will notice that options are available to cast the screen to a Chromecast and a toggle switch has been added for a flashlight function.

Google decided to add in some features to Lollipop that appear to be based off of some Motorola features including a new Ambient Display function and some voice-activated actions. For the Moto X 2014, it appears Motorola has decided to slide in their own software to handle these functions, which may not be a bad thing.

Finally, it looks like the upgrade to Android Lollipop will give camera users a new feature that has been missing from Moto X devices. A new shutter timer has been added to the camera app giving users the opportunity to set a delay of 3 or 10 seconds.

Of course no information about a release date was obtained from the anonymous source, so keep watching for more updates and to see whether Motorola can get the update out before anyone else.

source: Phandroid

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