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Android 5.0 Lollipop features

Android 5.1 Lollipop features

Android 5.1.1 Lollipop features

• 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

• Support for 64-bit CPUs

• OpenGL ES3.1 and Android Extension Pack (AEP) on supported GPU configurations

• Recent activities screen with tasks instead of applications, up to a configured maximum of tasks per application

• Vector drawables, which scale without losing definition

• Support for print previews

• Material design, bringing a restyled user interface

• Refreshed lock screen, no longer supporting widgets

• Refreshed notification tray and quick settings pull-down

• Project Volta, for battery life improvements

• Searches can be performed within the system settings for quicker access to particular settings

• Lock screen provides shortcuts to application and notification settings

• 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

• Addition of 15 new languages: Basque, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Hong Kong), Galician, Icelandic, Kannada, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Sinhala, Tamil and Telugu

• 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

• Ability to join Wi-Fi networks and control paired Bluetooth devices from quick settings

• Support for multiple SIM cards

• 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 devices running Android 5.1

• Improvements to the notification priority system, to more closely replicate the silent mode that was removed in Android5.0.

• Gesture control and Wi-Fi support for Android Wear

• Fix memory leak problem