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Android Lollipop - When Will You Get It?

2014-10-19
all right welcome back to Android Weekly my name is Jason this week we not only talk about what Android lollipop might look on your phone but when you actually might receive it on your device and I take on Android authority staff in daddy lonely not a tough tensor I'll ride ha to take a break from trying to pone Hindi but let's talk about what Andrew Authority staff thought about lollipop it turns out it's much more than just material design and it's all good news first our own gary sim said there is just one word brilliant google has shown time and time again that android is in good hands there are functional improvements with android l there is the new material design and there are support for 64 bits not only that but it looks like google is doing a good job at getting Android 5.0 on to some of the older Nexus devices I have a Nexus 7 and we're just itching for an upgrade so the next question is how does it compare to KitKat our own and regret as for comparing it to KitKat it is night and day I love the new notifications quick settings searchable settings and so much more battery conservation mode is also pretty slick it really leaves Android 4.4 in the dust now what does the man and the legend himself think here's Joe handy now some of the most visible updates are the revamped navigation bar which now features the more abstract triangle circle rectangle icon set and the status bar which now can be colored or transparent depending on the app the lockscreen now displays rich notifications instead of just icons which include details about the message and it should make quickly checking messages or game notifications easier than ever before there is now a do not disturb mode keyboard selection icon in the navbar smart battery consumption and charging estimates raw image support better accessibility features are just a few of the small improvements set for Android lollipop now I know what you think and you're thinking chase what am I gonna get lollipop on my device well I hooked you up below you can check out this link right here where our own Android 30 staff give educated guess it's on when you will receive Android L on your particular device but if you have a Nexus device you are expected to get it as early as November third no I know some of you were lusting after the Droid turbo and we talked about it last week and for those of you who are battery hogs you're going to like this the Droid turbo is expected to feature a 5.2 inch quad HD display a Snapdragon 805 processor a 21 megapixel camera and if the report is accurate and ultra high capacity 3900 milliamp hour battery one for daddy 400 and if to new Nexus devices weren't enough Google announced the Nexus player oh yeah the Nexus player was designed in collaboration with asus and acts as a streaming hub for music movies and other videos just hook it up to your TV via the HDMI cable and stream content over your home Wi-Fi network the entertainment hub is powered by Android lollipop and makes use of Android TV functions shown off at Google i/o earlier this year including a TV optimized Play Store interface content based search functions and a gaming platform content also syncs across all your Android devices so you can start a movie on your TV and finish it on your tablet thanks for watching Android are me and my name is Jace love to connect with you right here on Google+ or Twitter don't forget about my brother's an Android Josh Joe when the tech ninja Kevin lawn and Chris are working really hard to deliver the best content on the web I should see you next week on Android Weekly oh yeah who's a debtor now
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