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so google released 5.1 factory images for nexus devices on their developer site. The update contains some very important bug fixes and some new features. Here's the first impressions on Android lollipop 5.1 - first thing you notice is the changed quick toggles for WiFi & Bluetooth. They now have a drop down menu which can be used to see near devices without going into the app. - new animation in volume slider - there are some new animations which are subtle but makes the UI more smooth - you can now delete contacts easily without pressing edit. (View how to delete contacts in 5.0 vs 5.1) - The Android 5.1 SDK brings the platform to API Level 22, which provides the API that supports multiple SIM cards and enhances enterprise features. - it also has a new protected devices mode. - support for multiple Sim cards & HD voice - it will fix crashing of SMS & dialer apps - fix for memory leak leading to random reboots - LED noti...

Following the  lollipop update, The recents menu ( app switcher ) has been revamped by Google and now shows the apps as the stacked cards which you can swipe and to switch between apps or choose to close it. Google has added one distinct feature to it that your opened chrome tabs also appear as separate cards. So lets say you have 4 opened tabs on your chrome browser they will all show up as different cards. This may seem like a useful feature many people may not like it specially if you have many tabs opened which may look like a mess in recents menu. If you are one of them you'll be happy to hear that you can turn it off. To do this, Launch chrome Open menu Go to settings And tap ' merge tabs and apps ' Set slider to off That's it now chrome will appear as single card even if you have multiple tabs opened

Xiaomi the company which has conquered China never fails to amaze. And they have recently announced, in their blog that they are working on lollipop and plan to update soon. Xiaomi runs miui which is a skin on top of the Android. The OS is highly customized had has lot of customizations from stick Android. The phones run miui on the KitKat OS ( mi3 & mi4 ) and is now ready for update. Company has been testing the beta versions of the android lollipop. According to forum the beta versions still has bugs which are being fixed. And you can expect the official update at the end of the year. No official dates have been confirmed yet. The redmi 1s and xiaomi note still haven't received the miui 6 update which creates a question that weather they'll get the update or not. The note 2 which has better specs than note 1 has more chances of getting lollipop There are many bugs like Calling through Bluetooth headsets CDMA not working Dual boot Since they have to tweak the...

With the KitKat update google combined hangouts with SMS. But lots of users complained about this and installed many other SMS apps. Therefore in android lollipop they have reintroduced the SMS app.  It was previewed on nexus 9 by Google and it is trenched with material goodness. It has all bold colors and animations. The SMS capabilities of hangouts still remains we have to see what Google has planned. Its default SMS and MMS app for lollipop. The app is very basic. You can send images and voice notes very easily. The UI somehows reminds of the messenger app from Facebook. The animations doesn't always looks smooth there's a slight stutter. It is available for download for 4.1+ devices you can try it for yourselves.

Android lollipop updates and bring many new APIs which gives app developers many new possibilities which they can use it in their apps. One such feature is the recording your screen. Gone are the days when you needed the root access(superuser rights) to record your screen you can now just do it by simply downloading an app. The app is called SCR Screen Recorder 5+. The app was very popular screen recording app but it required the root access but with the new APIs to work with the developer has updated the app and it no longer requires root access The app is currently in beta so there might be few bugs which will be fixed in the coming updates. The app costs 1$ and you can record videos upto your full screen resolution. There is a free version of the available too which has certain restrictions like - you can only record upto 3 minutes - there is the watermark on the processed video The app is very easy to use, you just need to turn on the app and press record button and it...

Android lollipop is just about to launch, one of the new feature is the screen pinning feature. It lets you pin a specific app on screen so that when you give someone your phone, they can only use that app. This feature is turned off by default in the lollipop so you need to enable it. Follow these steps to enable screen pinning on your phone running android lollipop: 1. Go to settings 2. And then go to security 3. Then select screen pinning 4. Enable it How to use it : 1. Go to recents menu by pressing the square button on the right. You should have a preview of all your opened apps previews as cards 2. Then scroll through app previews and pull the card of the app you want to pin. The pin icon must appear on the bottom right. 3. Click the pin icon. You will get a pop-up asking if you want to pin app. Click start. 4. You'll see that none of the soft keys responds and you can't close or use any other app another than the pinned app. ...

With lollipop near the launch OEMs are working to get their skins on top of the stock Android. Every OEM has their unique skin which makes their device UI look different than other OEMs Samsung runs touchwiz on top of Android which is heavily customized with many visual elements. This is one of the reason why Samsung releases the updates late after the stock android had been released.  But this time Google launched the preview nearly two months ago so which gave a lot of time to start working on their skins. Samsung has already started to make touchwiz more materialistic. sammobile teased a video running earlier builds of android lollipop. The previous built lacked any animations it was very basic and it was slower than the KitKat firmware for GS5. The second build looks very smooth there is much less lag as compared to KitKat and the memory management is already better. The dialer, phone, contacts, message, clock etc are also updated. It also brought a ton of new featu...