List of New Features in Android Lollipop

Google has officially announced the new version of Android, the Lollipop. This version was first showcased at the Google I/O as Android L and comes with material design. This is a major visual enhancements and revamps in user interface and makes it more fluid. Lollipop is designed to be flexible, to work on all your devices and to be customized for you the way you see fit. With the new Material Design, content responds to your touch, or even your voice, in more intuitive ways, and transitions between tasks are more fluid.

Android Lollipop comes with more customizations and control on the device. You can adjust your settings so that only certain people and notifications can get through and you can see it directly from the lockscreen.

Lollipop also features new battery saver feature that extends the life of your device by up to 90 minutes. There is also new multiple user accounts and guest user mode for keeping your personal stuff private. And you can now secure your device with a PIN, password, pattern, or even by pairing your phone to a trusted device like your watch or car with Smart Lock.

Here is a look at the complete list of new features:

Material Design:

• Responsive, natural motion, realistic lighting and shadows, and familiar visual elements make it easier to navigate your device
• Vivid new colors, typography, and edge-to-edge imagery help to focus your attention

Notifications

• View and respond to messages directly from your lock screen. Includes the ability to hide sensitive content for these notifications
• For fewer disruptions, turn on Priority mode via your device’s volume button so only certain people and notifications get through.
• With Lollipop, incoming phone calls won’t interrupt what you’re watching or playing. You can choose to answer the call or just keep doing what you’re doing
• Control the notifications triggered by your apps; hide sensitive content and prioritize or turn off the app’s notifications entirely
• More intelligent ranking of notifications based on who they’re from and the type of communication. See all your notifications in one place by tapping the top of the screen

Battery:

• A battery saver feature is added which extends device use by up to 90 mins
• Estimated time left to fully charge is displayed when your device is plugged in
• Estimated time left on your device before you need to charge again can now be found in battery settings

Device Sharing and accounts:

• Multiple users for phones. If you forget your phone, you still can call any of your friends (or access any of your messages, photos etc.) by simply logging into another Android phone running Lollipop. Also perfect for families who want to share a phone, but not their stuff
• Guest user for phones and tablets means you can lend your device and not your stuff
• Screen pinning: pin your screen so another user can access just that content without messing with your other stuff

Quick Settings:

• New handy controls like flashlight, hotspot, screen rotation and cast screen controls
• Easier on/off toggles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and location
• Manually adjust your brightness for certain conditions

Device Security:

• New devices come with encryption automatically turned on to help protect data on lost or stolen devices
• SELinux enforcing for all applications means even better protection against vulnerabilities and malware
• Use Android Smart Lock to secure your phone or tablet by pairing it with a trusted device like your wearable or even your car

New Languages (total of 68+):

• Basque, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Hong Kong), Galician, Icelandic, Kannada, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu

Performance:

• Support for 64-bit SoCs using ARM, x86, and MIPS-based cores
• Shipping 64-bit native apps like Chrome, Gmail, Calendar, Google Play Music, and more
• Up to 4x performance improvements
• Smoother UI for complex, visually rich applications

More feature and list available here.