During today’s Google I/O ‘15 Day 1 keynote announcement, the Google Developers team revealed the long-awaited Android M — we were even treated to a developer preview that you can run on your Nexus 5, 6, 9, or Player right now! There are some subtle changes to M as far as UI goes but there’s at least enough to show off. And that’s exactly what I plan to do. If you are unsure about what M will provide for you, I hope to answer some question with the gallery below and will make some remarks as time goes on. First off, again, not much has changed; the dev preview is stable as well. One of the big features that I plan on trying is ‘Now on Tap’.
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New Android M setup theme/screen
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This is a DEVELOPER preview
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Google Now during setup
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First welcome screen for M
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Revamped quick settings screen
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Android M running on Nexus 6
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Android M
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Hidden M easter egg
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New Google setting which take you to your Google apps for editing
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Now on Tap, which doesn’t work on the dev previews 🙁
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Recent apps in search as well
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Google Photos!
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New vertical app drawer with search and recent apps
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New share intent menu
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New simplified volume notification
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New simplified volume notification with DND mode
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Light and Dark themes now available
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Select what you want to use USB for
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New clock font, and swipe right for voice actions
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System UI Tuner helps customize UI elements
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Customizable quick settings
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System toggles are somewhat customizable now
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There’s a new notification overflow icon now
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You can now quickly uninstall apps that are on your desktop
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M now features an upgrade bar for apps on your homescreen
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Multi-Window can be enabled finally in M
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Multi-Window in action
If you have any question or requests, please leave them down below in the comments and we will get to them as timely as possible. Now what does that darn ‘M’ stand for?!