So, Android 5.0 – Lollipop

This is apparently out today, Friday 17th October 2014. This seems very much about making android work better on lots of different devices. These are the headline features:

Material Design
  • “A bold, colourful, and responsive UI design for consistent, intuitive experiences”..
  • More vivid typography and edge to edge imagery.
Notifications
  • View and respond to messages directly from your lock screen.
  • Priority mode so only certain people and notifications get through to a timed schedule.
  • Better control over app generated notifications.
Battery
  • A battery saver feature which extends device use by up to 90 mins.
  • Estimated time to fully charge and time before charging is required.
Security
  • Encryption auto-on.
  • Better protection of O/S against malware / vulnerable apps.
  • Smart lock by pairing it to another Android device (watch / car, etc).
Device Sharing
  • Multiple users for phones – apparently you can access your contact / messages from someone else’s phone.
  • Guest users for phones and tablets.
  • You define what another user can access on your phone.
Quick settings
  • Handy controls for flashlight, hotspot screen rotation and screen casting.
  • Easier toggles for wifi, Bluetooth and location.
  • Manually adjust brightness then adaptive kicks when lighting changes.
Connectivity
  • VoIP / video chat should work without interruption when going from wifi to mobile network.
  • Better network selection logic
  • More power efficient scanning for Bluetooth.
  • New BLE peripheral mode.
Experience
  • Faster experience due to ART, the new Android runtime.
  • Claims of up to 4x performance improvements
  • Smoother UI
  • Background apps get compacted to save memory.
  • Better 64bit support
Media
  • Lower latency audio for better music / voice comms
  • Multi channel audio stream mixing
  • USB audio support for microphones / speakers, amps, etc.
  • OpenGL ES3.1 for better graphics.
  • Full resolution capture at around 30fps
  • Support for raw formats like YUV and Bayer Raw
  • Control camera sensor / lens and flash per frame
  • Capture meta data like noise models and optical info
  • HEVC allows for UHD 4k video playback + tunnelled video for playback on Android TV
OK Google

Talk to google to get answers has been improved

Misc
  • Android TV has been improved in various ways
  • Better support for people with poor vision / colour blindness.
  • 15 new languages
  • Easier device set up and app migration to new devices.
  • ‘Tap & Pay’ manage multiple payment apps by quickly switching between them?
Better printing support
  • New display for batter, Bluetooth, data usage, wifi settings and new search function in settings.
  • Android Beam improved.
  • Where supported by hardware, device will wake up when you pick it up or tap screen twice.
  • Improved hardware keyboard accessory support.

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