Android 5.1 for S6 and S6 Edge expected to arrive next month

The Android 5.1 update for Samsung's latest flagship devices – the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge – will be available next month, according to the latest OS Upgrade schedule available on the website of Canadian carrier Rogers.

It's worth mentioning that the website also makes it clear that the listed dates are subject to change, which means that the June time frame for the update isn't set in stone.

From what is known till now, the update is expected to bring, among others, a new Guest Mode feature that would enable you to set up separate profiles for guests.
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T-Mobile said to start offering LG G Stylo and Leon before G4

The G Stylo and Leon, which were made official by LG in April and February this year, respectively, will be available for purchase from T-Mobile starting May 20, according to a report from TmoNews.

It's worth mentioning that the G4 will go on sale on T-Mobile only after May 25 – the magenta carrier is currently running an exclusive preview program for the device which runs through that date. This means that the G Stylo and Leon will be available on the carrier before the flagship.

While the report says that both the mid-rangers will be LTE-capable devices, it isn't yet clear how much they'll…

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HTC One M7 Google Play Edition finally receives Android 5.1

The update to Android 5.1 Lollipop is finally arriving for the original HTC One Google Play Edition. This is happening more than a month after the same OS version rolled out to the newer HTC One (M8) GPE.

The update is making its way to One GPE devices out there over-the-air, which means it's going to take at least a few days until it reaches every single phone. If you're feeling impatient, you can hit the Source link below for a manual download of the OTA, but keep in mind that in order to flash it you'll need to have S-OFF on the bootloader. If you don't know what that is, perhaps it's best to just wait for that notification to pop up.

The update file is around 280MB in size, and it takes the One GPE from Android 5.0.1 to Android 5.1 and build LMY47O.

You may have noticed that this isn't Android 5.1.1, which right now is the absolute latest version of the OS, but so far no cellular-capable Nexus or GPE device has received that. So 5.1.1 may come as a later update, or it could be confined to some devices, like the Nexus 9 for example. Such things have happened…

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