14 DAY TRIAL // The Samsung Galaxy S6 flagship has received the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update a while ago, and while this should be a reason for celebration, the update brought about numerous issues, basically ruining the user experience for the device’s owners.
Still, at least Galaxy S6 owners got the update. HTC One M9 users, on the other hand, were left hanging. The flagship launched on the same day as the Galaxy S6 but failed to incite consumers like the previous iteration. And that’s probably why HTC is not even trying so hard anymore when it comes to it.
But we might be getting ahead of ourselves here, as HTC’s own Product and Services Director Graham Wheeler has announced on his Twitter page that the Android 5.1 Lollipop update is expected to hit the EMEA region (covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa) starting today.
Android 5.1 Lollipop might bring about issues for the One M9
While this is good news for HTC One M9 users, we hope the device won’t meet the same fate as the Galaxy S6. We have recently told you in an extensive article that the update has a negative impact on battery life, which was already skimpy before Android 5.1.1 came along.
On top of that, users have been confronted with bizarre errors like “Hangouts has stopped” which pops up out of the blue every few hours, even if the app has not been opened or if one manually disables it.
Pushing Android updates is a tricky business and the rollout of new OS builds varies depending on manufacturer or carrier. In some cases, update rollouts have been halted due to major bugs, but hopefully this will not be the case here.
The HTC One M9 proved to be quite a disappointment for the company, so much so that the Taiwanese device maker had to apologize to investors for the phone’s poor performance.
But the company promised a so-called “hero” product, which will apparently help HTC get back on track. The phone has been nicknamed the HTC (Hima) Aero in the rumor mill and should make a debut with a QHD display and RAW shooting support. We don’t know anything about the processor that will power the device, but hopefully HTC won’t make use of the pesky Snapdragon 810 and will wait for the Snapdragon 820 instead.
Or maybe the company will embed the unannounced Snapdragon 620 in its next product, like the upcoming LG-made Nexus 5 (2015). Your guess is as good as ours at this point.
Android 5.1 coming to EMEA HTC One m9 devices tomorrow...enjoyđ
— graham wheeler (@wheelergd) August 3, 2015