Sony releases binaries to build Android 6.0 ROMs for Xperia smartphones

Sony has released software developers can use to build Android 6.0 installations for Xperia smartphones. The binaries contain, among other things, drivers to make the Android software suitable for the devices.

The software is on Sony’s website, and at the same time, the manufacturer has renewed the instructions for building Android ROMs. With the released binaries, Xperia smartphones can easily be made suitable for Android 6.0. This concerns the ‘bare’ Android software as released by Google in the aosp.

With the released binaries, most of Sony’s Xperia smartphones and tablets can be equipped with Android 6.0: the manufacturer has the suitable devices on its site. Although developers can also build ROMs themselves, without help from Sony, the binaries make this a lot easier: for example, drivers are available to make the Android software work with the hardware in the Xperia smartphones, so developers can’t use them. need to program yourself.

Those who do not want to wait for bare Android 6.0 ROMs will eventually receive a software update developed by Sony on their device. The company previously announced that it would provide all high-end Xperias from the Z2 with an update to Android 6.0. That means that support for the Xperia Z and Z1 will expire.