Meizu MX5 starts receiving Flyme OS 5.0 update based on Android Lollipop 5.1

Meizu has eventually launched their Flyme 5.0 OS for Meizu MX5 in India, albeit with a few 'desi; touches. The update was initially launched by Meizu in China back in October last year. For those unaware the Meizu MX5 sells in India at a price of Rs 19,999 via Snapdeal.

The company's latest iteration of their Flyme OS run on the top of Android Lollipop 5.1. In comparison the existing Meizu MX5 device in India run on Flyme 4.5 with Android 5.0 underneath. While Meizu has already started rolling out the update sequentially in the form of OTA to MX5 device in India, users can alternatively download it directly via the company's official forum.

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The Flyme OS comes with a number of improvement under the hood including some nifty cosmetic upgrades including floating notifications, optimized notifications bar and Icons and a new settings design. Meizu has also included a new Boot Animaton of Taj Mahal keeping Indian users in mind. There's also a ringtone specially designed for India.

Apart from that the update comes with an optimized battery consumption. Meizu claims to deliver about 11% more batter after 5 hours of heavy usage.