Android Lollipop: 5 Features of The Most Exciting OS Ever

Android Lollipop is coming with the Nexus 6. Android Lollipop is the next version of Android is what interests us the most, so here are the top features:

Material Design

Google putted lots of efforts to make its Material Design for Android Lollipop was first introduced earlier this year, and finally you will get to see how the Google’s new philosophy applies in a mobile ecosystem. This will feature a flatter look, with more Google Now-like cards for notifications. Now Android is much bolder, more colorful, and more responsive than ever before.

Notifications

Notifications have always been a raw spot for mobile, but Android typically handles them better than most competing operating systems. The drop down menu for notifications will feature Google Now-like cards and won’t cover your entire screen. The quick settings keys can be accessed by a second swipe after pulling the tray down.

Actually the notification always keeps you updated with you’re your subscriptions and the contacts, so people also want to see each update at once but in a cool way. It means they also don’t want to interrupt their current involvement in any activity so much. So In Lollipop, notifications should be more powerful than ever by giving users new ways to control when and how they receive messages. Watching a movie? Notifications will no longer disturb you, providing you the option to choose to answer the call or just keep doing what you’re doing.

Additionally, there’s a new Priority mode, basically like Apple’s Do Not Disturb, and the ability to more superbly tune what notifications get filtered through. Not only that, but you can respond to notifications directly through your lockscreen, making it more convenient than ever.

If you use Google Chrome on your phone, then this one won’t be very new for you. Chrome uses 3D one on top of the other look for tabs that you open. You can close or switch tabs from this screen. The same is being used for your apps on the multitasking screen.

The ART runtime is present on KitKat as well, but it is not the default runtime. In Android Lollipop it won’t be a choice anymore. ART processes code ‘ahead-of-time’ and provides support for 64-bit SoCs.

USB Audio has tilled now been absent in smartphones, but Android Lollipop is introducing it. You may see USB headphones soon, since phones will be able to play music directly through the USB port.

Battery Improvements

The battery previews showed that battery life has improved quite a bit for Android Lollipop. In Android Lollipop, Google’s mobile OS will have its own battery saver mode so you don’t have to download an app for it. Other new battery features contain an estimated time left to fully charge, and an estimation of time left before you need to charge your device again.

Sharing

This is probably among one of the more requested Android features, but Lollipop now gives users the ability to set up multiple users. You can set up guest users for phones and tablets, for example, which means you can lend your device to a friend without them seeing your stuff.

Going even further, there’s also a new screen pinning feature, which allows Lollipop users to pin their screen so users only have access to just that content. But probably the best sharing feature is how you can access your information from any phone. Now, users can access their messages, photos and more, and even call friends and family by simply signing into another Android phone running Lollipop.

Security

This time Google worked a lot on Android security and From the get-go, new Lollipop devices will come with encryption automatically turned on to protect data, and there’s also SELinux enforcing for all applications, which means Android will be better protected against malware.

Finally, Android is implementing a new Android Smart Lock feature to better secure your phone or tablet; the feature will pair your device with another trusted device (like an Android Wear smartwatch) and only unlock when the two are paired. That should, in theory, deter thieves quite a bit.

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Android Lollipop: 5 Features of The Most Exciting OS Ever