AÂ Motorola Employee announced via the company’s support forum that Verizon Wireless will start pushing Android 2.2 (Froyo) to the original Droid by Motorola during the week of August 2.
The report also claimed that Froyo could have been pushed to a small select few as a pre-launch test as early as July 30.
There has been no official word yet but Verizon’s website now has an updated Mandatory Upgrade page for the FRG01B update in the System Update section of their website.
Through forums, the closest lead I found was a timeline on Motorola’s support site detailing plans for upcoming Android Software upgrades. The timeline indicates that an upgrade to Android 2.2 is expected to begin the week of August 2 for the Droid. From the looks of the chart, the Droid X doesn’t have a targeted date yet.
The Motorola Software team’s Android software upgrade timeline can be found below:
Device: DROID by Motorola (USA)
Timeline: Upgrade to Android 2.2 expected to begin the week of August 2
DROID X by Motorola (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.2 expected in late summer. MILESTONE (Europe) Upgrade to Android 2.1 for select countries/carriers*Â is currently rolling out in stages MILESTONE (Latin America) Upgrade to Android 2.1 for select countries/carriers*Â is currently rolling out in stages MILESTONE (Asia-Pacific) Upgrade to Android 2.1 for select countries/carriers* is currently rolling out in stages MILESTONE (Canada) Upgrade to Android 2.1 is currently rolling out in stages BACKFLIP (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.1 planned for Q3 BACKFLIP (Asia-Pacific) Upgrade under evaluation BACKFLIP (Canada) Upgrade under evaluation BACKFLIP (Europe) Upgrade under evaluation BACKFLIP (Latin America) Upgrade under evaluation CLIQ (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.1 – testing in process CLIQ XT (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.1 – testing in process DEVOUR (USA) Upgrade under evaluation DEXT (Europe) Upgrade under evaluation DEXTÂ (Asia-Pacific) Upgrade to Android 2.1 planned for Q3 DEXTÂ (Latin America) and Mexico Upgrade under evaluation QUENCHÂ (Asia-Pacific) Upgrade under evaluation QUENCH (Canada) Upgrade under evaluation QUENCH (Latin America) and Mexico Upgrade under evaluation Q2 = Second Quarter of 2010
Q3 = Third Quarter of 2010
* Some country / carrier combinations in this region are still under evaluation for an update.
**Â Droid owners in the U.S. who have not upgraded to Android 2.1 can initiate the upgrade by going to Menu > Settings > About phone > System updates on their Droid and following the instructions to download and install.
Any early receivers of Froyo on the Droid? Let us know if you received an early Froyo update.
For more information on the Froyo update for the Droid, see the official Verizon support page.
