Android 5.0 lollipop developed by Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is its latest version of mobile operating system, which runs on Google’s play edition devices including Nexus. At the Google’s I/O developer’s conference, It was first unveiled by the name of Android L. It has a redesigned user interface built around a responsive design language referred to as material design. It also allows notification to be accessed from lock screen and displayed with other apps at top of the screen. A do not disturb menu was also added to the notification screen. Internal changes were also made while replacing dalvik with Android runtime.
This Android has an increased use of grid based layouts, depth effects, padding, responsive animation and transitions. Some other features are the newly designed apps menu; it uses a three dimensional stack of cards to open apps and opening of multiple cards for example all the opened tabs of the web browser can be seen individually. It also contains new API’s added for use by applications.
Dalvik was officially replaced by ART, which is a cross platform runtime that supports x86, MIPS and ARM structures in both 32 and 64 bits. Dalvik uses just-in-time compilation while ART compiles apps after installation and the compiled versions are then run exclusively. This technique removes the processing overhead improving system’s overall performance. This also leads to reduced fragmentation. Fragmentation is a phenomenon in which storage capacity is used inefficiently that reduces capacity or performance of your device; sometimes it reduces both performance and capacity.
Lollipop also comes with project volta, which aims to improve battery consumption through optimization in series. Battery saving also has been introduced in this version of Android; all these attributes greatly help in reducing fragmentation and enhance its performance.
The software also has the job scheduling program that greatly helps users with business oriented jobs. API’s were also introduced, which restrict certain tasks to only occur through wi-fi that reduces the overall internal time through batching of tasks. Battery historian a new app is also used for keeping performance record of the battery by consumption of apps in use. The APIs also provide 3d video card shaders, which give the classic computer gaming based graphics on Android devices.
Android for work, which is an enterprise oriented feature for business related people, was also introduced. The multinational giant Samsung also availed the opportunity to provide Google with knox security framework from segregating personal and work oriented data; devices can be configured so users don’t really have to unlock their devices using PIN or a pattern when the device is in a trusted location or in range of user’s Android device.
Android Lollipop was officially announced by Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) on October 15th 2014 with its first release on Nexus 5 and Nexus 6. On November 3rd the source code for Lollipop Android was made available for General public by Google officially. Android Lollipop promises to be a highly efficient operating system that will increase your devices performance and reduce many time wasting elements.
