Thursday, October 16, 2014

Android 5.0 Lollipop is the New Sweet Upgrade of the Platform


The new sweet android update is officially here after long months of anticipating. Google introduced the Android L back in summer during its developers’ conference I/O. The company revealed only a bit of the improvements and the new features coming in the platform but there was a lot about Android L that was kept in mystery, like the name of the update. The most discussed names forAndroid L were Android Lemon Meringue Pie and Android Lollipop

Now we know officially that the 5th upgrade of the Google’s mobile operating system is called Android 5.0 Lollipop. The mobile giant launched the platform on 15th of October along with the debut of the first devices that are running on it out-of-the-box – Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. What is new in 5.0 Lollipop? The design of the platform is refreshed with new so called Material Design. It provides more fulfilling visual experience for users and more colorful and vivid look of the user interface. In terms of functionality and features, the 5.0 Lollipop has the capabilities to respond in touches in more intuitive way. 


The goal of Google is to bring the Material Design across all types of Android-running devices. You can find out screenshots and more details about the 5.0 Lollipop in the official page of Google in the source link. The upgrade brings plenty of improvements including enhanced options in the notifications, a battery saver feature and many more. The releasing of the update has begun. Google is rolling it out to Nexus 5, 7 and 10 as well as to the models “Google Play Editions” in the next weeks. More devices will get the update in the next months. Are you excited yet?

few words at the end: Android 5.0 Lollipop is not a major upgrade of the platform but it brings exactly what users need, right on time when the digit world is flourishing with new types of devices and gadgets. 

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