Is Android 5 Still Usable?
Contents Android Lollipop 5.0 (And Older) Has Long Since Stopped Getting Security Updates, and More Recently Also the Lollipop 5.1 Version. It Got Its Last...
Android Lollipop 5.0 (and older) has long since stopped getting security updates, and more recently also the Lollipop 5.1 version. It got its last security update in March 2018. Even Android Marshmallow 6.0 got its last security update in August 2018.
Is Android 5.0 still supported?
Discontinuing Support for Android Lollipop OS (Android 5)
Support for GeoPal users on Android devices running Android Lollipop (Android 5) will be discontinued.
What versions of Android are still supported?
The current operating system version of Android, Android 10, as well as both Android 9 (‘Android Pie’) and Android 8 (‘Android Oreo’) are all reported still to be receiving Android’s security updates. However, Which? warns, using any version that is older than Android 8 will bring with it increased security risks.
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