We know you have been waiting for this for so long. Yesterday, Google announced their latest iteration of Android named Android 5.0 Lollipop to the public. Android 5.0 brings the most notable changes in terms of design since Android 4.0 Ice cream sandwich days. Named “Material Design” Google has given an all new design language to Android 5.0 and asks App developers to follow the same in-order to build a quality App eco system design wise just like Apple does with IOS. Vivid and bold colors combined with all new typography makes Android 5.0 stands out from previous releases of Android while maintaining the usability and familiarity.
Even though the design is the most marketed feature of Android 5.0, there are lots of under the hood improvements that you most probably haven’t heard yet. Android 5.0 is the first Android operating system to support 64bit processors and ART (Android Run Time) is the default runtime now instead of Dalvik. Google promises 4X performance increase with ART runtime but we aren’t sure how this is going to play out because early releases of Android had ART runtime as an option but that wasn’t 4X faster by any means in real world testing.
Google has also included battery saving optimizations which might give you up to 90 minutes of additional usage compared to previous Android versions.
Here is the full changelog taken from Google’s official Android 5.0 web page,
Material Design
- A bold, colorful, and responsive UI design for consistent, intuitive experiences across all your devices
- 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
- New ways to control when and how you receive messages – only get interrupted when you want to be
- 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. Or schedule recurring downtime like 10pm to 8am when only Priority notifications can 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
- Power for the long haul
- A battery saver feature 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
Security
- Keep your stuff safe and sound
- 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
Device Sharing
- More flexible sharing with family and friends
- 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
New Quick Settings
- Get to the most frequently used settings with just two swipes down from the top of the screen
- 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. Then, adaptive brightness will kick in based on ambient lighting
Connectivity
- A better internet connection everywhere and more powerful Bluetooth low energy capabilities
- Improved network handoffs resulting in limited interruption in connectivity. For example, continue your video chat or VoIP calls without interruption as you leave the house and switch from your home Wi-Fi back to cellular
- Improved network selection logic so that your device connects only if there is a verified internet connection on Wi-Fi
- Power-efficient scanning for nearby Bluetooth low energy (“BLE”) devices like wearables or beacons
- New BLE peripheral mode
Runtime and Performance
- A faster, smoother and more powerful computing experience
- ART, an entirely new Android runtime, improves application performance and responsiveness
- Up to 4x performance improvements
- Smoother UI for complex, visually rich applications
- Compacting backgrounded apps and services so you can do more at once
- Support for 64 bit devices, like the Nexus 9, brings desktop class CPUs to Android
- 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
- Pure Java language apps run as 64-bit apps automatically
Media
- Bolder graphics and improved audio, video, and camera capabilities
- Lower latency audio input ensuring that music and communication applications that have strict delay requirements provide an amazing realtime experience
- Multi-channel audio stream mixing means professional audio applications can now mix up to eight channels including 5.1 and 7.1 channels
- USB Audio support means you can plug USB microphones, speakers, and a myriad of other USB audio devices like amplifiers and mixers into your Android device
- OpenGL ES 3.1 and Android extension pack brings Android to the forefront of mobile graphics putting it on par with desktop and console class performance
- A range of new professional photography features for Android Lollipop that let you
- Capture full resolution frames around 30 fps
- Support raw formats like YUV and Bayer RAW
- Control capture settings for the sensor, lens, and flash per individual frame
- Capture metadata like noise models and optical information
- State of the art video technology with support for HEVC main profile to allow for UHD 4K 10-bit video playback, tunneled hardware video decoding to save power and improved HLS support for streaming
OK Google
- Easy access to information and performing tasks
- Even if your screen is off, you can say “OK Google” on devices with digital signal processing support such as Nexus 6 and Nexus 9
- Talk to Google on the go to get quick answers, send a text, get directions and more
Android TV
- Support for living room devices
- User interface adapted for the living room
- Less browsing, more watching with personalized recommendations for content like movies and TV shows
- Voice search for Google Play, YouTube and supported apps so you can just say what you want to see
- Console-style Android gaming on your TV with a gamepad
- Cast your favorite entertainment apps to your big screen with Google Cast support for Android TV devices
Accessibility
- Enhanced low vision and color blind capabilities
- Boost text contrast or invert colors to improve legibility
- Adjust display to improve color differentiation
Now in 68+ languages
- 15 new additions
- Basque, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Hong Kong), Galician, Icelandic, Kannada, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu
Device set up
- Get up and running in no-time
- Tap & go: instant set up of your new Android phone or tablet by simply tapping it to your old one (requires NFC)
- Whenever you get a new Android phone or tablet, you can bring over your apps from Google Play automatically from any of your old Android devices
And a whole lot more
- Tap & pay: easily manage multiple payment apps by quickly switching between them
- Print preview and page range support
- Revamped display for battery, Bluetooth, data usage, and Wi-Fi settings and new search functionality
- New device level feedback for Nexus devices in Settings > about phone > send feedback
- Easier sharing with
- Improved ranking of your options within the share menu
- Android Beam: lets you share a file with someone nearby by gently tapping the two devices together
- Where supported by the hardware, your device will wake up as soon as you pick it up or tap the screen twice
- Improved hardware keyboard accessory support including support for multilingual, emoji input, search key, and improved app and system key chords
We don’t have information about Huawei’s Android 5.0 upgrade schedule just yet but devices like Ascend Mate 7,Honor 6 and Ascend P7 might get the new version of Android within about 3 months. We will let you know as soon as we receive some credible information about Huawei’s plans for Android 5.0 roll out.
66 Response Comments
What about the Mate 2?
What about the Mate 2 MT2L03 (specifically)?
Will it release for Huawei Ascend P6?
Goodbye Huawei…
Schedual update for P6?
U r joking, right?! Maybe 3 years from Huawei and 3 months from developers.
Please Admin to just answer the question , how can I be a beta tester for emui 3.0 on p6 in Europe and how?
Do we get android L on the p6 and when?
EMUI 3 beta testing on P6 isn’t available yet. Not sure about Android L update time frame for P6
wifi cant go on it is stop
Please Admin to just answer the question,when do you release android L for honor 3c(h30-u10)?
when for ascend mate 1 ?!?!?!? plssss
What about P6?
Please Admin to just answer this question, will huawei mate receive this android or at least kitkat? because till now the mate is still working on android 4.2.2
Tnx
What about honor 3c?
Please schedule time for ascend P6
Whichever phone releases Lollipop or KitKat (irrespective of phone makers***) Kindly kill processes immediately after app exits to utilize RAM for other processes.
Really important that Huawei release Lollipop for their existing phones. I purchased a Huawei G6 for my wife. Beginning to regret this seeing that Motorola has already committed to upgrading to v5.0.
Tht course it has vanilla lol xD I think they will bring the ubdate to lollipop att latest in january when the launch the p8. Its logic course then comes the new emui with new features. Thts why theres no idear to launch a kitkat ubdate right now.im happy to wait until january caurse of tht. Ofcourse emui 3.0 would benice but yeah xD
Waiting for update for Huawei honor 2 2Gb since Jelly bean 4.2.2. Since two years from now
And can’t compile any ROM because of unavailability of Source codes…
pleaaase don’t forgeet p6… :(((((
What about the g750-u10?
What about P7 …..it will get lollipop any time soon?
Will the P1 get Android 5.0 Lollipop or a proper Jelly Bean update?
about honer 3c?????????
How about 5D-701L, this gadget rather new yet receive any update and using 4.2.2 still, thanks.
Still waiting for Kit Kat here! Can’t wait for this contract to end.
Never again Huawei, never again.
Admin, pls tell me, is the Honor 6 can updated to Android 5.0?
I am never EVER going to buy a phone from huawei again. I own a ascend mate. I turned my back to htc because they refused to update their mid-range phones! by the time that I bought my mate, it was the most expensive phone they had! I never got any updates! every one is talking about moving to lolipop from kitkat and here we are talking about sticking to 4.1.2 and not even getting any update! I am really disappointed for buying from u. I feel i was robbed!
what about honor 3c?!?!?!??!
Please avalibale android 5 for g750
Please avalibale android 5 for g750
yes… G750-u10 Need android 5. plz
Please do include a Lollipop update for the Ascend P6
we owner G301 use still android 2.3.6 what about update maybe never
Any news on an OTA update for the Mate 7?
please please please admin may god bless you tell me if i’m gonna get the update pour my huawei g630
What about mate 1? Thanks very much for the unsupport
when get version update 5.0 for huawei ascend p7????
For Honor 3C please.
Any lollipop update for me, 7D 501 u? When?
Have had to put up with NO updates for P1 — Please now do the proper thing and go straight to 5. L or it will be time to leave Huawei to there own history.
Honor 6 pls tell me
When android L 5.0 release for p6?
Please don’t forget,it’s nessesry.
Tanx
Hi there,
Please release android 5 for honor 3c (H30-U10) as it’s the best android ever and make costumers to trust you for your next products. Honor is supposed to be a honor for Huawei company and it’s one of the new released phones.
Thanks.
ASCEND P6 official release date 18 Jun 2013, support should be provided 2 years from release date… so when do we expect the update to android 5 – lollipop ?!?!?!
What About Honor 6 l2 ??
what about p7
please release lollipop for honor holly without waiting customer….
Please check later released Android 5.0 for P 7
Too many users are in this beautiful handset and wait for Android 5.0
What about P7 ?
Any news on the P7. What’s with the lack of response?
PLEASE ANDROID 5 EMUI 3.0 FOR HONOR 3C
IRAN
what about p7?
When will we get lollipop update for honor holly? when!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please release android 5 for honor 3c (H30-U10)
Thanks.
huawei honor holly had lollipop uadate … .???
hi , is there an update lollipop for mate 7 , please answer me please
regards
What abut G630-u10
Any News about the upgrade for the P6 to lollipop need answer
Please release android 5 for honor 3c (H30-U10)
Thanks:!
please abut android 5 for huawei g630-u20
please about android 5 for huawei g630-u20
hi
Dear Huawei factory please release android 5 for honor 3c
thanks
can i get lollipop for p7 L10???????
Will the new update of Android for phones from Huawei honor 3c is introduced?
For y625 please.