Nexus owners are already reporting receiving Android 5.1 update on their devices already. At least one in Nigeria has confirmed getting it on his Nexus.
Do you own a Nexus? Have you received the update?
Thanks to @CallMeAlade for the tip!
Nexus devices are now getting Android 5.1 Lollipop
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Advantages of owning nexus devices.
yeah, Nexus and GPe devices get updates earlier than other devices. still waiting for the update for my Nexus 4 though
oh nexus,my nexus.. u could have been mine, alas, I don’t like vanilla android plus am a fan of expandable memory
You can still pimp your vanilla Android with thousands of launchers.