Android Lollipop Vs Android Kitkat

The Android 5.0 Lollipop is promising many new features that Android KitKat lacks. Here we are discussing about the features of Android Lollipop and comparing it with Android Kitkat.

In the Android 5.0 Lollipop Google has added the new look called "Material Design".  The "Material Design" is the visual enhancements which added to the UI. Google added the real-time punch/zoom along with the shadows and animations. This feature is expected to be provide good feeling to the user while using the Android Lollipop based smart-phones.

The "Material Design" of Android Lollipop also provides the unified icons for navigation buttons, notification bars, fonts, and other design elements. This way Google tries to unify the look and feel, while giving more ways to develop the next creative applications.

The  Android 5.0 Lollipop also provides many other upgrades.

Another good feature of Android Lollipop is the tight integration with the Android watch, which allows you to unlock your phone through input security feature.

You can also define the geographic security zone so that you don't have to unlock your phone to use. This feature is not present in Android KitKat.

Now Android Lollipop provides the support for the notifications and developers can use this feature to develop the nofication based application in Android Lollipop. This feature of notification was missing in the KitKat. Another great feature added to the Android Lollipop is the ability of an application to display pop-up message without interrupting the existing running application. This feature was missing in Android KitKat.

The Android Lollipop is optimized to use the 64-bit system, so you will get more performance with these phones. It will be able to support more RAM and storage.

The another interesting feature added to the Android Lollipop is the "Do Not Disturb" mode. In this mode you can ignore all the spam and work emails during the time/hour/rules setup by you. But you can always get the emergency or other important message/calls in this mode. This feature was also missing in the Android KitKat.

Smart battery life feature added to the system enables you phone to save lot of power and you will get 90 minutes more power.

So, Android Lollipop comes with UI design changes, security features and the more battery life.