Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo Now Receiving Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Update in India

Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 Neo, the 'lite' variant of the Galaxy Note 3, has started receiving the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update in India. The latest Android update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo smartphone is now available over-the-air (OTA). One of Gadgets 360's readers has sent screenshot of update notification on the Galaxy Note 3 Neo.

Users can manually check for the update via Settings> About Phone> System Update on their handsets. The Lollipop update brings a lot of new features to the Galaxy Note 3 Neo, apart from bringing a new OS.

Samsung had confirmed that the Galaxy Note 3 Neo would receive Android Lollipop update last year. The company however only now appears to have started pushing the update out in India.

Some of the features that the update brings include more visible and accessible notifications. The update notification clearly notes that users will notice a decrease of 950MB in memory after upgrading to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. The notification also says that the update will require minimum of 3GB of space to complete the upgrade.

To refresh, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo was launched in January 2014 and ran Android 4.3 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box.

Earlier this month, Samsung India started rolling out the Android December security update for the Galaxy Note 5. The Galaxy Note 5's security update brought improvements to voice calls, apart from security enhancements.

Samsung last week unveiled the dual-SIM variant of the Galaxy Note 5 phablet in India. Priced at Rs. 51,400, the 32GB inbuilt storage variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual SIM went on sale via Samsung's India eStore.