Nova Launcher, one of the most popular launchers on the Play Store, has received a hefty update today bringing many of the new goodies introduced by Google in Android L to all other Android devices.
Last week at its I/O conference in San Francisco, Google announced Android L — which it pegs as the biggest update to the OS ever. Yes, even bigger than Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, with which Google finally started taking design and UI performance seriously.
In its 3 hour keynote, Google explained all the new features that Android L packs including Project Volta, a new Material Design, a faster and more efficient runtime and more. However, even apart from the above changes, Android L includes a lot of new goodies, which Google did not mention at its keynote, probably due to the lack of time.
Worry not though, as we list down five such features below, which will greatly benefit the end users once Android L lands on devices later this year.
One of key features introduced by Google in Android L is Project Volta, which aimed to greatly improve the battery life of Android devices by smartly and efficiently making use of the available resources and keeping unnecessary wakelocks to a minimum.
But how good is Project Volta? According a test conducted by the folks over at Ars Technica on a Nexus 5, users can see a whopping 36% increase in battery life while running L.
Sony has announced a new programme targeted towards enterprise customers, dubbed Xperia in Business. The service is similar to Samsung’s KNOX security suite, which aims to provide an additional level of security to enterprise users for sharing and managing their business information along with relevant tools for managing devices in bulk.
A system dump of Android L, courtesy of the Developer Preview images released by Google, has been uploaded online allowing Android users to get their hands on some new goodies from the upcoming version of Android right away.
This includes the new keyboard, wallpapers, fonts and other updated Google Apps like Play Services, Search and Play Store.
