Android 5.1 update brings new version of TouchWiz to Samsung Galaxy Note 4

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The first Samsung devices to get the Android 5.1 update will be the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge. But don't expect the update to be pushed out soon. Android 5.1 isn't scheduled to be rolled out by Samsung until the second half of the year.

With much of the blotware removed on the new versio of the TouchWiz , the result is a lighter skin that runs faster. Samsung says that the new UI is 40% lig hter than the prior version. And according to a source who has knowledge of  Samsung's plans, the company was inspired more by its own Tizen OS than by Android when developing the latest TouchWiz build. 

TouchWiz remains bright and colorful. But despite the changes made to the icons, many will still find them to be cartoonish, a criticism about TouchWiz that will not go away even with this new iteration. Overall, the new TouchWiz is bound to be considered a big step in the right direction. The good news for Galaxy Note 4 owners is that they will get to experience it once their device receives the Android 5.1 update later this year.

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