Google announced Android L yesterday and it really adds a lot of extra functionality. The key points are –

1) Material Design- Android L introduces a new bold colourful UI. Seems like everyone is updating their UI’s nowadays.

2) Notifications -only get interrupted when you decide using priority mode, view and respond to messages directly from your lock screen, Android Lollipop can stop incoming phone calls from interrupting what you’re watching or playing.

3) Battery – A battery saver feature which extends device use by up to 90 mins

4) Security – New devices come with encryption automatically turned on to help protect data on lost or stolen devices

5) More flexible sharing with family and friends – Multiple users for phones. Guest user mode.

6) New Quick Settings now include handy controls like flashlight, hotspot, screen rotation and cast screen controls

7) New connectivity options and improved modes

8) Now runs on ART, android runtime. 4 x better performance ,Support for 64 bit devices, like the Nexus 9, brings desktop class CPUs to Android

9) Improved graphics and audio, video, and camera capabilities. A range of new professional photography features for Android Lollipop that let you capture full resolution frames around 30 fps, raw formats like YUV and Bayer RAW supported. 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 main profile to allow for UHD 4K 10-bit video playback, tunneled hardware video decoding to save power and improved HLS support for streaming.

10) Android TV Support for living room devices

And so much more. Makes android very compelling.