Android L - Where elegance meets simplicity

Spectacular, mesmerizing and elegant.

These are the three words which can be used to describe the redefined or filtered graphical user interface of one of the most compelling operating systems in the world of smartphones , Android.

This week at the Google I/O 2014 ,event the new form of google's smartphone OS was displayed and it includes not limiting to smartphones, Wearables, TVs and Automobiles.

The developer preview can be installed on Nexus 5,Nexus 7 and Sdk for Pc.

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The new version of android named "android L" as of for now has been announced along with the developer preview sharing technique of the other two tech giants Microsoft and Apple.

What does this new android offer:

1. A new refreshed UI with a seamless continuity along with chrome OS.


2. Support for connectivity between phone-wearables,phone-tv,phone-automobiles and an interconnection of all these.


3. A new "material design" UI.


4. Better Performance.


5. Support for 64-bit processors, which means more memory and speed..


6. Dalvik removed. ART is the default compiler.read more about this here.

The Design:

Android L has a new revamped yet more simplistic and minimalistic UI changes to the control elements and is formed over the idea of interactive environment model allowing users to see where your things go when you slide over them and where do other things come from.

The base of the "material design" is simple geometric shapes with  the square representing the frame of app, the circle indicating interactions/icon press , and the triangle showing the backward operation in all apps.

There are some very inquisitive  yet not overwhelming animations when we press an icon or a button on-screen.This effect termed as "ripple effect" by google shows where you have interacted.

The Apps button of the Google Now launcher has been turned to a  white background icon.

The Back button replaced by a triangle,home by a circle and recents by a square.

The notification center has a bluish tinge like that of touchwiz,the notifications being white card like interface.

The Settings app has been retansformed with white color background and the toggle being animating with a suttle speed showing the ON/Off transition.

 

hence, overall a new required revamp for android since ICS has been provided by this update.

The Functionality:

All the  basic apps have a behavioral change, again thanks to the material design concept.

The apps now seem to have interactivity with the user as sliding gestures give up something new everytime they are used.

The notifications now, can be responded while using another app.they can also be accessed on the lockscreen.

The basic functionality of other apps has become faster as the compiler is now ART and not Dalvik. for more info read this post.

Hence we are looking forward to a great future of android in the environment homogeneity with our lives.

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