Android 5.0-5.1.1 (Lollipop) Features





Android 5.0 (Lollipop)

 Release Date : 12 Nov, 2014

API Level : 21

Features :
  • Material design, bringing a restyled user interface
  • Vector drawables, which scale without losing definition
  • Support for print previews
  • Support for 64-bit CPUs
  • Android Runtime (ART) with ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation and improved garbage collection (GC), replacing Dalvik that combines bytecode interpretation with trace-based just-in-time (JIT) compilation
  • OpenGL ES 3.1 and Android Extension Pack (AEP) on supported GPU configurations
  • Updated emoji
  • Improved accessibility support (e.g. switch access support)
  • Recent activities screen with tasks instead of applications, up to a configured maximum of tasks per application
  • Redesigned Roboto typeface
  • Refreshed lock screen, no longer supporting widgets
  • Refreshed notification tray and quick settings pull-down
  • Project Volta, for battery life improvements
  • Guest logins and multiple user accounts are available on more devices, such as phones.
  • Audio input and output through USB devices
  • Third-party applications regain the ability to read and modify data located anywhere on external storage, such as on SD cards.
  • Pinning of an application's screen for restricted user activity.
  • Recently used applications are remembered even after restarting the device.
  • WebViews receive updates independently through Google Play for security reasons, instead of relying on system-wide vendor updates
  • Tap and Go allows users to quickly migrate to a new Android device, using NFC and Bluetooth to transfer Google Account details, configuration settings, user data and installed applications
  • A flashlight-style application is included, working on supported devices with a camera flash.
  • User-customizable priorities for application notifications.
  • Smart lock feature
  • Searches can be performed within the system settings for quicker access to particular settings
  • Lock screen provides shortcuts to application and notification settings
  • SELinux in enforcing mode for all domains
  • Block-based over-the-air (OTA) updates for new devices


Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop)

Release Date : 2 Dec, 2014

API Level : 21

Features :
  • A few bugfixes, including resolving issues with video playback and password failures handling.


Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop)

Release Date : 19 Dec, 2014

API Level : 21

Features :
  • Fixes a bug with TRIM support, which prevented devices from the nightly on-charger cleanups of file system allocations if the device was turned off while being charged, or if it was charged during the day.
  • Changes how alarms wake the CPU, and how alarms compete for system resources.



Android 5.1 (Lollipop)

 Release Date : 9 Mar, 2015

API Level : 22

Features :
  • Improvements and bug-fixes to the Overview screen
  • Official support for multiple SIM cards
  • Ability to join Wi-Fi networks and control paired Bluetooth devices from quick settings
  • Device protection: if a device is lost or stolen it will remain locked until the owner signs into their Google account, even if the device is reset to factory settings.
  • High-definition voice calls, available between compatible 4G LTE devices running Android 5.1
  • Improvements to the notification priority system, to more closely replicate the silent mode that was removed in Android 5.0.


Android 5.1.1  (Lollipop)

Release Date : 21 Apr, 2015

API Level : 22

Features :
  • Various bugfixes
  • Native WiFi calling support


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