This fall, we’ll benefit from the biggest update to the Android operating system in years.  promises over 5,000 new As (application programming interfaces), so there will be a ton of new toys for developers to make the best Android apps ever. 

It’s not all under-the-hood changes for developers. Android introduces a slick new look feel, together with a set of tools guildelines for developers to build apps that fit right in. calls this Material Design, it might really improve the way we use our phones tablets.

Here’s everything we know about the upcoming OS, in plain-spoken language, to get you up to speed before the release rolls out.

y is it called Android

ll, it probably won’t be. That’s just what has been calling it so far.

names each major update to Android after a “sweet treat”, in alphabetical order. Android 1.5 was Cupcake, followed by Donut (1.6), Eclair (2.0), Froyo (2.2), so on. Version 4.4 was KitKat.

The new version therefore begins with an will carry version number 5.0, but nobody is quite sure yet which sweet treat it will be named after. The leading rumors suggest either “llipop” or “mon Meringue e.”

en is Android coming out?

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ich phones will get it, when?

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at’s new in Android

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at’s this Material Design thing?

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l of ‘s apps will be updated

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oject Volta makes your battery last longer

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Fitness apps that work together

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Improved camera features apps

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Encrypted by default

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