Yu Televentures, Micromax's subsidiary, has announced that the Android
5.1 Lollipop-based
Cyanogen OS 12.1 update for the
Yu Yureka and
Yuphoria has entered final phase of testing.
Confirming the news,
Micromax Co-Founder Rahul Sharma in a post
on official Yu Playgod forum announced that interested Yureka and
Yuphoria users can sign-in for the Yu beta testing program.
Sharma
said, "Some of you have pointed out a few bugs in the current Yuphoria
software. Your feedback matters to us a lot and we have been working on
your inputs." The company received complaints from some users about
issues with proximity sensor. According to Sharma, the company has
addressed the issues and provided patches including the auto calibration
of proximity sensor.
Some other improvements include updated
firmware for the keyboard and some auxiliary enhancements such as audio,
dialler, thermal performance were added.
The company also claims
that the entire camera stack was rebuilt with revamped camera tunings.
"This will greatly improve the camera to capture more details under
various lighting conditions," writes Sharma.
Yu also announced
that now the CyanogenMod 12.1 nightlies based on Android 5.1 Lollipop
are now available to download for the Yu Yureka and Yu Yuphoria
smartphones.
"I am most excited to announce that CyanogenMod 12.1
(based on Android 5.1) nightlies are now available for the YU community!
CyanogenMod is the base on which Cyanogen OS is created. CyanogenMod is
actively supported by a large spectrum of contributors from around the
world," Sharma said.
Last month, Yureka smartphone started
receiving Android 5.0.2 Lollipop-based Cyanogen OS 12 update with build number
YNG1TAS1K0 an incremental firmware update. The company had clarified
that Yureka users who upgraded to Android 5.0 Lollipop-based Cyanogen OS
12 (CM12S) update would only receive the Android 5.0.2 update
notification.
Yu Yuphoria, on the other hand, was launched running Cyanogen OS 12 out-of-the-box last month, priced at Rs. 6,999.