Want to try Android L (Android 5.0) on your Nexus 4? A ported version of Android L Developer Preview is now available for Nexus 4. If your phone has unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery is installed, you can install the firmware and experience the new Material Design and all other Android L goodies.
Android L, the biggest Android update yet will not be available to end users until the autumn, however the developer community is in full swing to make its new features available for other Android phones. For example, now you can get Android L’s new Navigation bar on any phone running on Android 4 or higher.
With Android L, Google has introduced a new ‘Low Power Mode’ to extend the battery life of the smartphone. If Low Power Mode is enabled, it will automatically disables all aesthetic features of the phone like animations, clock down the CPU frequency and disables the mobile data to save the battery power.
As you all know, the Android L Developer Preview is now available for Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi version) devices. Though there is no official information as to when the stable Android L (Android 5.0) will roll out, the developer community has started their work to make the features available on it for other Android devices.
Android L introduced a new notification feature called Heads Up notification. Like iOS 8’s Interactive Notifications, you will get floating notification on any screen regardless of what you are doing on the screen. Here is how to get this feature on any Android phone without root access.
Like to get the new Material design Keyboard from the Android L Developer Preview for your phone, but do not like to root your phone? A standalone Android L keyboard app is now available on Play Store that you can install on any phone running on Android 4 and higher. No root access is required.