Google’s much anticipated follow–up to Android KitKat is coming. Currently dubbed Android L, it was detailed last week during the search giant’s annual I/O developer event in San Francisco. So, what’s changed? Well, Google seems very keen to shout about its plans.
This is the first time it’s made a similar move to Apple and released an early preview for devs to tinker with. What’s more, it’s made some tweaks that are bound to impress casual and hardcore fans alike.
Stock Android has had a similar design for a few years now. And while it’s not badly dated, Google has decided to spruce things up a bit.
It’s using a new design language called ‘Material Design’, which serves up similar looks across its own apps, as well as making the home screen look a lot less cluttered.
The feeling is that the whole thing looks a lot ‘flatter’, something which Apple’s iOS 7 achieved last year.
The aim is simple: To make basic Android look fancier, so manufacturers don’t feel the need to customise it so much, which usually slows down software updates.
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