Google released the Android M developer preview images right after the opening keynote at I/O got over. While Android M is not as big an update to Android as Lollipop, it still brings in some major enhancements to existing features of the OS.
As Google puts it, Android M is all about “polish and quality” — something which the OS sorely needs considering how buggy Lollipop is.
Read: Android M comes with a ‘Dark’ theme
For Android lovers who don’t own a Nexus device or cannot flash the Android M developer preview on their handset, I have compiled a gallery of screenshots of Android M running on the Nexus 5. The screenshots highlight the major changes to the OS, including the new Dark theme, redesigned app drawer and more.
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- Google has changed the color of the background image of the setup screen
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- The setup screen remains the screen, though it now comes with a different coat of blue
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- The setup screen
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- Android M
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- Android M logo
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- The new Dark theme
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- The option to enable the Dark theme and the SystemUI tuner are located in Developer Options
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- The ‘Automatic’ option changes the theme depending on the time of the day
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- The Dialer app looks the same even with the ‘Dark’ theme enabled
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- SystemUI tuner is hidden under Developer Options
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- Enabling SystemUI tuner allows for Quick Settings customisations
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- The new Permissions manager in Android M
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- The battery menu
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- The power saving optimisations are disabled for selected apps in Android M
What do you think of Android M based on the above screenshots? Drop in a comment and let us know!
Read: How to install the Android M developer preview on Nexus 5, Nexus 6 or Nexus 9
