Android Lolipop Highlightes/features

Finally  Android got a quick makeover and offer us  some simple and extravagant changes. Yes, It is the Andorid (L)olipop v5.0. Does these changes make our lives easy? Is Lollipop far advanced than its previous version (Kit Kat)? Lets list some of the prominent changes that we have in the latest update when compared to the previous version.

Flashlight Toggle

 Lollipop brings out that change, Without installing any third-party apps, users can simply use the flashlight by pulling down the notification panel. Provided your  smartphone has an LED flash.

Battery life/tools

Battery seems to be given priority in Lollipop. Lolipop displays how long it would take to charge the phone and a small graph displaying how much time is left before the battery drains out. After you have plugged in the phone for charge, your home screen will display the time until full charge.

3. GuestUser Login

We all have people around us who lay their hands on our phones, similar feature available in LG G2 in previous android versions. Thankfully, Android Lollipop supports guest user . Just like different logins  in Windows, Lollipop gives you the ability to add guest users or even create a profile for a each person friend or relative. This way, you can limit the amount of information that the guest user  can view.

 Notification panel

Needless to say, the notification panel has been made too simple for the user. It’s simplicity in design is the plus point. Unlike KitKat, the most useful feature added here is the ability to view your detailed notifications on your lock screen. Though this might be a problem around work spaces if you leave your phone unattended, anyone can have a look at your notifications even though your phone is locked.

Trusted Places

Trusted Places is a smart feature which has been added in to Lollipop. Though most of our phones have passwords, it would be a task to disable it when we enter familiar premises such as our car or home. Trusted Places is a feature where a user can declare certain locations as safe and they wouldn’t need to unlock their phones once they enter those spaces.

Soft keys UI change

Soft key buttons receive a change in this update and it is a rather, a surprising change. The icons are smaller and look compact. A very simple yet pleasant design.

Multitasking 

Multitasking has completely changed in Android Lollipop. The feature allows you to scroll through your notifications in a simpler manner. It is easier and allows you to see more details even before you enter the app.

Prioritize apps

It can be super annoying if your phone is filled with umpteen apps and throughout the day, you are bombarded with notifications. Lollipop gives you the liberty to prioritize your apps so that you can receive notifications from the ones you want. It works out perfectly during sleep hours as you can only receive notifications from important apps and not games or check-in notifications.

Quick access to Chromecast   

No need to install any third-party apps once you have the updated your phone to Lollipop. There is an official app now from Google to solve our problems. For the people who love to stream media from dongles, it is as simple as going to the notification panel and taping on Cast Screen.

Material UI

The Material UI introduced in Android Lolipop is simple and best in performance due to its light weight design. Material UI is the major UI update in Lolipop. Android provides the following elements for you to build material design apps:

·         A new theme

·         New widgets for complex views

·         New APIs for custom shadows and animations