Android Lollipop

June 25,2014 The world's Search Giant Google hosts its annual conference known as Google I/O in San Francisco, California.

In this conference an update was introduced named "ANDROID L" for developers from around the globe. It's been believed that this is the best update android has ever seen in its entire history, This being true there's a another truth that statistics said that Android L also has been the most epic fail of Android as well. Android L version 5.0.0 was launched publicly with Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 On October 15th 2014 with Google stating that Android L stands for Android Lollipop and the OTA updates started rolling out as of November 3rd 2014.This update truly is the best update but the only reason it failed to convince users to install it, is because of its lack of testing. Due to lack of testing the update had a lot of bugs which messed up Nexus 5 pretty bad, which was the first to receive update and so the first impression of software to users was very bad.Only after rolling out update to few handsets Google had to hold the update in, as every single source from soak test reported a Memory Bug.It took Google another month to develop a new bug free version coded 5.0.1 but it too failed to amaze the users so they had to move on to another version coded 5.0.2 . With previous failed updates on Nexus 5 Google took its time to test 5.0.2 on Nexus 5 in their backyard so as to avoid more bad publicity,Meanwhile Motorola pushed out Android Lollipop 5.0.2 to its Moto G 2nd genration in US. As Nexus 5 update never went through Soak Test, It made Motorola Moto G 2nd gen to be the first to officially receive the Android L update.

Features Of Android Lollipop 5.0.2

Android Lollipop didn't just looked beautiful it is also smoother then ever before. Despite of its issues it runs smoothly and feels beautiful.Up until now each Android update has just enhanced/improvised/improved same features but with lollipop they didn't just improved things they also introduced a whole set amazing features.There are a lot of new feature but here I'm just gonna discuss highlights.

1.Material Design:  

The whole user interface of device has been enhanced.Stock Android has a bright theme with white app drawer and colorful appearance of Dialer, Contacts and other default applications of  Android. Calendar is one of the app that has been updated beautifully the whole animation view feels amazing.Notification panel has been made transparent and doesn't takes up whole screen. In all the lollipop is beautiful but still some people wished that they had a dark theme option too.The setting menu that used to be dark has now white background and counter to white background is Cyan color used to represent text and their icons. Every touch on screen triggers a ripple effect which can bee seen in light grey color.The calling screen now has blue card on top that has all the key buttons that are needed for in-call feature and the image of person appears in the bottom of the Blue card.The photo icon in the contacts are now in a circular frame instead of square.

2.Notification:

Notification is the field in which Google just did an amazing job. lets first look at the notification panel. its transparent and takes only the required part of screen when pulled down, another pull on notification will show you somewhat Cyan-Gray colored  tray in which icons of  basic/mostly used settings can be seen. More importantly its adaptive, like if you use some feature of setting on regular basis  than the feature will be added onto the notification panel. up on the notification panel there is a profile pic, battery icon and network icons.

Notifications are now totally in "Google Now Like" cards form. which are smoother. Lock screen has been changed fully to be synced with notifications, now you can see all your notifications on your lock screen and if you choose not to see any notification on lock screen you can manage it all in settings and customize which content to be visible on lock screen.The notification on lock screen can be seen in detail form when pulled down, double tap on particular nonfiction will take you to its responsive app.Lock screen also features Ambient Display option that can be enabled in Settings under display menu,this feature turns on your phones lock screen whenever a notification comes.

A new feature of notification visibility has been introduced, named "Heads-up". it shows notification in card pattern and allows you to keep doing what you doing when notification comes,rather than taking up whole screen. it also allows you to dismiss notification like you dismiss card in Google now and continue with your current application.

Another new feature of Android Lollipop is its priority interruptions setting. With hitting a volume rocker key on home screen a pops up showing a volume scale and underneath it there are three options "None Priority All". you can change and customize your downtime settings and when priority feature is on those downtime settings will be applied,the best thing about it is you can set time for how long you want priority notifications so you won't have to worry about putting your phone on normal mode.