Sony launched the Xperia 5 II in the US back in September 2020. The company also brought the device to markets like Asia’s Taiwan and Home Country Japan, and Europe. If you recall, the device came with Android 10 out of the box. Now, after 4 months, it is getting the taste of stable Android 11.
Sony has lived up to the promise of its Android 11 update schedule. The company has already rolled out the update for Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 last week. They were originally scheduled to get it only by February of 2021. Anyway, the Android 11 update of Xperia 5 II compact flagship smartphone is arriving on time with software version 58.1.A.1.178.
This is reportedly rolling out to regions like Europe(XQ-AS52), dual-SIM variants(XQ-AS72) in Russia and South East Asia. As per the XDA report, a SoftBank Japan-exclusive model (A002SO), which is a single-SIM variant, will get the firmware version as 58.1.D.0.331.
The update weighs around 709.7 MB in size. It’s worth noting that Sony puts out a disclaimer you cannot revert to the previous software version after this update. So we suggest you not try it by any means at any cost as it could brick it.
Also as the report says, Xperia 5 II is yet to break into the Open Devices Program(AOSP config files for custom software support).
As for features, you can expect all the goodies of Android 11 OS that Google announced back in September. They are chat bubbles(conversations), media controls, improved permission management, improved Digital Wellbeing, and organized notifications.
That said, this update will soon expand to the left out markets in the coming days/weeks.
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