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Some Sony devices will skip Android 5.1.1 and upgrade directly to Marshmallow
July 02, 2025
A good amount of H1 2015Sonydevices still have yet to get an update toAndroid 5.1.1 Lollipop, and it looks like that will remain the case for some time. According to Sony’ssupport pages, theXperia Z3+,Z4 Tabletand a handful of mid-range devices such as theC4,C5 Ultra,M4 AquaandM5won’t receive another software update untilAndroid 6.0 Marshmallowrolls out to these devices. All of these devices are currently running Android 5.0 Lollipop.
On one hand, this is bad news for owners of these smartphones and tablets.Android 5.0has anotoriously irritating memory leakthat can wreak havoc on non-beast-mode devices. Which is to say, exactly the kind of devices we’re talking about. Android 5.1.1 fixes these issues for the most part, so it would be nice for Sony to push out the updates as soon as possible.
On the other hand, this means Sony will begin working on the update to 6.0 Marshmallow much sooner. Owners of these Sony devices will be able to run one of the latest versions of Android much sooner than they would previously.
For a while, it looked like Sony was holding off on rolling out the 5.1.1 update until after theXperia Z5came out. Owners of seemingly abandoned devices clung to the hope that 5.1.1 would arrive in the night shortly after the Z5’s release, but that date passed without a word from Sony. Although Sony has made no official announcement regarding this issue, theirMobile Supportpages indicate that a large number of devices will move directly to Marshmallow.
Are you affected by this update skip? Tell us about it in the comments.
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