Top 50 Lollipop Features

1. Unlock Your Chromebook automatically when your Android 5.0 Phone is Near .
2.Android Beam takes its place in the system-level sharing menu.
3.Android Beam Now Allows You To Share Any File With A Tap
4.The screen off animation is a gentle fade out to black and white
5.New set of emojis in the refreshed keyboard
6.The all new Trusted Face lock mode
7.Smart lock mode using trusted devices
8.Chrome's Tabs Are Now Treated As Separate Recent Tasks In The App Switcher, But It's Optional
9.The Quick Settings Menu Includes Battery Percentage And A Flashlight Toggle
10.WebView Is Now (chromium) Unbundled From Android And Free To Auto-Update From Google Play
11.Android Now Defaults To Mobile Data When Wi-Fi Has No Internet Access, Signal Icon Adds A '!' For No Connection
12.The Clock's Background Now Adjusts With The Time Of Day
13.Multi-User Support Arrives On Phones
14. You Can Now Allow Just Priority Notifications When You Don't Want
To Be Disturbed, Or Avoid Getting Interrupted Altogether
15.Battery Saver Now Turns The Status Bar And Nav Bar Bright Orange
16.Screen Pinning Allows You To Lock Your Device To A Single App Before Handing It To A Friend (Or A Kid)
17.Improved Sharing Menu Now Prioritizes Frequently Used Destinations
18.The Recent Apps List Now Persists Through Reboot
19.A Long-Press On Notifications Shows You The App That Produced Them (With An Awesome Animation)
20.Google Search Is Now Accessible From The Recents Screen
21.Lollipop's Easter Egg Is A Hidden Flappy Bird Clone
22.You Can Now Interact With Notifications When Quick Settings Is Open
23.Restoring Homescreen Apps From Another Device Brings Along Gray Placeholder Icons
24.Two-Factor Authentication Is Finally Built In To The Setup Process
25.The Dismiss All Notifications Button Is Back
26.New Device Setup Process Finally Lets Users Copy Data From Specific Devices
27.Single os to run on phone,tablet,watch,tv and auto.
28.Material Design: A bold, colorful, and responsive UI design for consistent, intuitive experiences across all your devices Responsive, natural motion, realistic lighting and shadows, and familiar visual elements make it easier to navigate your device Vivid new colors, typography, and edge-to-edge imagery help to focus your attention
29. Notifications: New ways to control when and how you receive messages - only get interrupted when you want to be View and respond to messages directly from your lock screen. Includes the ability to hide sensitive content for these notifications For fewer disruptions, turn on Priority mode via your device’s volume button so only certain people and notifications get through. Or schedule recurring downtime like 10pm to 8am when only Priority notifications can get through With Lollipop, incoming phone calls won’t interrupt what you’re watching or playing. You can choose to answer the call or just keep doing what you’re doing Control the notifications triggered by your apps; hide sensitive content and prioritize or turn off the app’s notifications entirely More intelligent ranking of notifications based on who they’re from and the type of communication. See all your notifications in one place by tapping the top of the screen.
30.Battery: Power for the long haul A battery saver feature which extends device use by up to 90 mins Estimated time left to fully charge is displayed when your device is plugged in Estimated time left on your device before you need to charge again can now be found in battery settings
31.Security: Keep your stuff safe and sound New devices come with encryption automatically turned on to help protect data on lost or stolen devices SELinux enforcing for all applications means even better protection against vulnerabilities and malware Use Android Smart Lock to secure your phone or tablet by pairing it with a trusted device like your wearable or even your car
32.Device Sharing: More flexible sharing with family and friends Multiple users for phones. If you forget your phone, you still can call any of your friends (or access any of your messages, photos etc.) by simply logging into another Android phone running Lollipop. Also perfect for families who want to share a phone, but not their stuff Guest user for phones and tablets means you can lend your device and not your stuff Screen pinning: pin your screen so another user can access just that content without messing with your other stuff
33.New Quick Settings: Get to the most frequently used settings with just two swipes down from the top of the screen New handy controls like flashlight, hotspot, screen rotation and cast screen controls Easier on/off toggles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and location Manually adjust your brightness for certain conditions. Then, adaptive brightness will kick in based on ambient lighting
34.Connectivity: A better internet connection everywhere and more powerful Bluetooth low energy capabilities Improved network handoffs resulting in limited interruption in connectivity. For example, continue your video chat or VoIP calls without interruption as you leave the house and switch from your home Wi-Fi back to cellular Improved network selection logic so that your device connects only if there is a verified internet connection on Wi-Fi Power-efficient scanning for nearby Bluetooth low energy (“BLE”) devices like wearables or beacons New BLE peripheral mode
35.Runtime and Performance: A faster, smoother and more powerful computing experience ART, an entirely new Android runtime, improves application performance and responsiveness Up to 4x performance improvements Smoother UI for complex, visually rich applications Compacting backgrounded apps and services so you can do more at once Support for 64 bit devices, like the Nexus 9, brings desktop class CPUs to Android Support for 64-bit SoCs using ARM, x86, and MIPS-based cores Shipping 64-bit native apps like Chrome, Gmail, Calendar, Google Play Music, and more Pure Java language apps run as 64-bit apps automatically
36.Media: Bolder graphics and improved audio, video, and camera capabilities Lower latency audio input ensuring that music and communication applications that have strict delay requirements provide an amazing realtime experience Multi-channel audio stream mixing means professional audio applications can now mix up to eight channels including 5.1 and 7.1 channels USB Audio support means you can plug USB microphones, speakers, and a myriad of other USB audio devices like amplifiers and mixers into your Android device OpenGL ES 3.1 and Android extension pack brings Android to the forefront of mobile graphics putting it on par with desktop and console class performance A range of new professional photography features for Android Lollipop that let you Capture full resolution frames around 30 fps Support raw formats like YUV and Bayer RAW Control capture settings for the sensor, lens, and flash per individual frame Capture metadata like noise models and optical information State of the art video technology with support for HEVC to allow for UHD 4K video playback, tunneled video for high quality video playback on Android TV and improved HLS support for streaming
37.OK Google: Easy access to information and performing tasks Even if your screen is off, you can say "OK Google" on devices with digital signal processing support such as Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 Talk to Google on the go to get quick answers, send a text, get directions and more
38.Android TV: Support for living room devices User interface adapted for the living room Less browsing, more watching with personalized recommendations for content like movies and TV shows Voice search for Google Play, YouTube and supported apps so you can just say what you want to see Console-style Android gaming on your TV with a gamepad Cast your favorite entertainment apps to your big screen with Google Cast support for Android TV devices
39. Accessibility: Enhanced low vision and color blind capabilities Boost text contrast or invert colors to improve legibility Adjust display to improve color differentiation
40. Now in 68+ languages 15 new additions Basque, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (Hong Kong), Galician, Icelandic, Kannada, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu
41.Device set up: Get up and running in no-time Tap & go: instant set up of your new Android phone or tablet by simply tapping it to your old one (requires NFC) Whenever you get a new Android phone or tablet, you can bring over your apps from Google Play automatically from any of your old Android devices
42.Tap & pay: easily manage multiple payment apps by quickly switching between them
43. Print preview and page range support
44. Revamped display for battery, Bluetooth, data usage, and Wi-Fi settings and new search functionality in settings
45.New device level feedback for Nexus devices in Settings > about phone > send feedback
46.Where supported by the hardware, your device will wake up as soon as you pick it up or tap the screen twice
47.Improved hardware keyboard accessory support including support for multilingual, emoji input, search key, and improved app and system key chords
48. An opt-in kill switch dubbed 'Factory Reset Protection', which will allow users to wipe out the device's data on will. If a user activates this feature, they will be required to enter their Google login to factory reset the device and it will only work when the phone passcode is enabled.
49.New Messenger App,specially designed to be a quick and easy way to send and receive SMS and MMS messages on Android;
50.App pinning, and you can use it to lock the phone to a single app