CyanogenMod 12.1 Based on Android 5.1 Available for OnePlus One, Moto G and Nexus 7

Cyanogen is not forgetting its Mod arm, new version out

  Lollipop 5.1 based Cyanogen 12.2 starts rolling out

This week has been a good week for Cyanogen fans all around the world. First, Cyanogen OS 12, the commercial variant of Cyanogen’s offering, finally went live, so the OTA update started rolling out to OnePlus One devices, as it was long due.

This particular version is Cyanogen’s take on Android 5.0 Lollipop and had been hotly anticipated for owners of the Chinese-made smartphone. On top of that, the same update started going out to users in India who purchased Micromax’s YU Yureka, another handset that runs on the same operating system.

Cyanogen took a big step recently

But these updates weren’t the only reason we looked towards Cyanogen this week. The Android-killer wannabe announced that it was partnering up with Microsoft to bring the giant’s services into Cyanogen OS 12.

Rumors had been whispering before about this alliance, but this week we finally got the confirmation we were looking for.

Soon after the announcement, it also became apparent that the community build, CyanogenMod won’t be getting the same treatment as the consumer-friendly version, meaning we’re not going to see any Microsoft apps be natively implemented in there.

But that’s not the only big news we’re getting this week in terms of CynoagenMod. It appears that, after some delays, CynoagenMod 12.1 nightlies have finally started rolling out. The official rollout was scheduled to happen a few days back, but for some reason that didn’t end up happening. Well that’s all water under the bridge now.

CyanogenMod 12.2 is now available for your pleasure

The first who will be getting CyanogenMod 12.1 treatment are owners of the OnePlus One (bacon), Motorola Moto G (falcon), and Google’s Nexus 7 2013 (deb). More devices are going to be added soon.

The CyanogenMod 12.1 update is based on Android 5.1, which is Google’s latest OS version that was rolled out a few weeks ago. For the time being, the new build isn’t available on a whole of devices, with the exception of some Nexus models and Google Play Editions. Although we’ve been hearing that companies like Samsung are prepping this update for phones such as the Galaxy S6.

The difference between CyanogenMod 12.1 and Cyanogen OS 12 for commercial devices is that the latter is based on Android 5.0.2. So if you own one of the three models we told you about above, hit this link and go ahead and download the latest nightlies.