Samsung Galaxy S5 Made Tastier with Android 5.0 Lollipop

The one catch with Android is that it sometimes takes a long time for new builds to trickle down to handsets that Google isn't in direct control of. That's been the case with Samsung's Galaxy handsets as well, though surprisingly, Android 5.0 Lollipop is already being unwrapped on the Galaxy S5. We say "surprisingly" because this is the first time Samsung has pushed out a major new update this soon since being released.

Google's finished code for Lollipop was made available on November 4th. Here a month later, it's installed on less than 1 percent of all Android devices -- not enough to even be included on Google's pie chart for Android builds. Nevertheless, SamMobile says the newest code has been rolling out to Galaxy S5 owners in Poland and should start appearing in other European countries shortly. Hopefully the U.S. market isn't far behind.

Paring Android 5.0 with the Galaxy S5 meshes the best version of Google's open source operating system to date with arguably the best Android handset on the market. Android 5.0 brings with it an overhauled UI, a brand new lockscreen, better battery management, and several other improvements that make it a desirable upgrade. It's the biggest upgrade to Android since Ice Cream Sandwich.