It was only a year ago now that Android Lollipop, then known as Android L, was first shown off to the world. Bringing Material Design and tons of under the hood improvements, Android L was the biggest change Android had seen in years, but the tech world doesn’t hold still. Today at Google I/O, Android M was officially unveiled!
Just like with Android Lollipop’s I/O announcement last year, the final candy-flavored naming convention and release version number have yet to be outed, though we can expect these details to be divulged with the final release later this year.
Android Lollipop’s biggest call to fame was Material Design, which offered a new look and feel for Android. Beyond this, there were also a ton of under the hood changes such as the adoption of 64-bit support and the movement to ART as the default runtime. Android M keeps Material Design at the front and center, and at first glance feels like a much more humble upgrade than its predecessor. But don’t let this fool you, there are still plenty of improvements and additions with M with Google aiming to squash tons of bugs and simplify certain features to make our lives easier.
One of the biggest changes is granular permissions support with Android M. In short, you now can approve permissions as you first encounter them, instead of merely granting all permissions when you first install an app. You’ll also be able to go into settings and add and revoke certain permissions whenever you see fit. The only downside to this new system is that it requires to Android M SDK, and therefore legacy apps won’t allow these granular control until they are further updated.
That’s just the beginning of Android M, with M also introducing improved battery life through a new feature calling dozing, simplified volume control that improves the somewhat wonky controls from Lollipop support for Type C USB, and so much more. Google is also improving the payment process with Android Pay, which will play nicely with Android M’s integrated fingerprint reading abilities — making it even easier to make safe, secure transactions from the phone.
With the announcement unfolding only moments ago (at the time of this writing), we are still digging in deep — so stay tuned to this page as we’ll be adding more over the next few hours.
We can tell you that a developer preview is heading our way later today for the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Player with Q3 release expected for the final software.
….. Developing …
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