Android5.0 new features (October 2014 release):
Codenamed Lollipop (lollipop), using the latest implementation of Google's new Material Design language, when the user switches activity, there is a seamless excessive displacement animation.
Operating mechanism instead ART updates. Compared Dalvik, ART processing mechanism is completely different, it will put the code into machine language program when the application is first installed, rather like Dalvik converted into machine code only when the first run, let the program become true the local application. The benefit of this is greatly improved startup time program runs faster. Less, and more smooth operation of the system power consumption.
Notifications Notification details can be designed by the user. Users browse an app, you can float a window on the current app to display critical information notification can also see a notification message directly in the lock-screen interface, users can also directly lock screen interface message reply or view.
Television allows applications to processing such as HDMI input on a bigger screen, TV tuner, video streaming, and IPTV receiver.
Task Manager accordion effect.
Supports Khronos OpenGL ES 3., therefore uplink performance in the game and the app perform better.
More powerful audio, a new audio capture design provides delay the audio input.
Enhanced camera and video.
Screen access and screen sharing.
New sensors.
Optimize power .Project Volta battery life improvement program, increasing the Battery Saver mode, the system will automatically reduce screen brightness at low power consumption when the limit automatically replace the background and other functions.
The new API support, Bluetooth 4.1, USB Audio, people sharing other features.
Android 6.0 new features (released May 2015):
Runtime permissions, users can immediately agree or refuse permission on the app installed.
APP sleep mode and standby mode, this version introduces a new energy-efficient devices optimized for idle and sleep modes APP: When the screen is static, a period of inactivity, the device goes into sleep mode to allow the system to maintain a sleep state
In addition to the Apache http Client related methods recommended httpURLConnection .Google instead of httpclient related methods, if he insists on continuing to use httpclient related methods, then you need to import the self-created Apache jar package. In Android Studio in the Gradle by userlibrary ' org.Apache.http.legacy 'to reference.
A lot of nice smooth animation, Android 6.0 system adds a number of nice excessive animation, you can reduce the card Dungan visually.
New professional camera models, has been the native Android camera are Tucao too simple and even primitive, and in the professional mode, increasing the shutter speed adjustment and exposure adjustment and other new features.
The new menu power button, power button menu of Android in general are shutdown / reboot / flight, Android 6.0 into a shutdown / reboot / emergency, when the emergency mode is designed for mobile phone running out of power, equivalent to flight mode advanced Edition, you can turn off all the good point applications, the maximum extent possible to save power.
Customizable lock screens or telephone support, information, cameras and other shortcuts in customizable lock screen, the user can adjust to your liking the location of these icons, shortcuts or open or closed.
Support fast charge switch may be turned on or off fast charging.
Support folder drag and drop applications, can be applied directly onto another folder within a folder from a file, simplifying previously cumbersome operation, dragging the process and drag function somewhat similar to Windows.
Supported raw photo formats.
Android 7.0 New Features (August 2016 release):
Split-screen multitasking support
Picture in Picture
Quick Reply notification bar
OpenJDK replace java API
Android7.0 using the ARI JIT compiler has a real-time code analysis capabilities, it can continuously improve their performance in an application at runtime Andrews
Android 8.0 new features (August 2017 release):
Notification Channels
Channel notification is to inform the content categories defined by the application itself, by means of channels, developers can let users fine control of the different types of notification, the user can change each channel individually or interception of behavior, rather than the unified management of all notification applications.
PIP mode - PIP
Android O now supports Activity PIP mode. PIP is a multi-window display mode, used for video playback, i.e. you can while micro channel while watching a video.
Adaptive icon - Adaptive Icons
Android's screen adaptation has been tortured many developers. To help developers better integration with the device UI, Android O supports the creation of an adaptive icon, the system can be based on device selection mask will be displayed as icons of different shapes. The system will also automatically interact with the icon and launcher, shortcuts, set, sharing and dialog overview screen to use them.
Fixed shortcuts and widgets - Pinning shortcuts
Pinning shortcuts is a less than APP shortcuts shortcuts placed on the desktop for faster open a single task given the APP. Pinning shortcuts on the desktop may show different icons.
Other features introduced Android O
In addition to more than a few new features, Android O has not added other features. Such as increasing the Autofill Framework, to facilitate the user to fill in information between different APP. For example, open android.permission.ANSWER_PHONE_CALLS, in his later years APP can also be done in response to an incoming call.
In performance optimization, Android O also implicitly broadcast and background services such as location updates automatically in the background were limited, in order to increase cell phone battery life. And Java 8 Language API and Runtime is optimized, so that running speed applications faster and more fluid use of mobile phones.
Reference: http://www.cnblogs.com/qyun/p/6715195.html [new features] Android8
