The first Android 5.0-firmwares of the most popular custom rom for Android, CyanogenMod, come the end of this month. That has the company behind the alternative firmware published. That first versions are test versions and the final releases will follow later.
The new version will as version CyanogenMod 12, as is on GitHub. The first nightlies of CM12 to come at the end of this month or early next month, says the company in a post on its own site. That time is needed to CyanogenMod-specific features to convert to Android 5.0, while the company at the same time, the design will adapt to Googles design philosophy Material Design.
Which phones have an official CM12 release is unknown, but that there will be more than we first had in mind’, write the developers. That they do, because there is a great demand of users. Cyanogen supports often the devices after manufacturers have announced that no official updates are going to get.
CyanogenMod is the most popular custom rom for Android and has, according to the latest figures, more than ten million users. The firmware has the appearance of the Android release, as Google on its Nexus devices, but developers add their own functionality to it.
Google released Android 5.0 in early november with the release of the Nexus 9. The update for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7’s of recent years, came Wednesday evening, while other manufacturers like LG and Motorola have already shown busy with the updates, although Dutch and Belgian users that not yet have been given.
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