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Version nameKey user features addedKey developer features addedRelease dateAndroid market shareAPI Level
Android 5.1.1Lollipop
  • Speed improvement
  • Bug fixes
Apr. 21st 2015 11.5 % (5.1 - 5.1.1)22
Android 5.1Lollipop
  • Multiple SIM cards support
  • Quick settings shortcuts to join Wi-Fi networks or control Bluetooth devices
  • Lock protection if lost or stolen
  • High Definition voice call
  • Stability and performance enhancements
Mar. 9th 2015 11.5 % (5.1 - 5.1.1)22
Android 5.0.2Lollipop
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes
Dec. 19th 2014 3 % (5.0 - 5.0.2)21
Android 5.0.1Lollipop
  • bug fixes, fix issues with video playback and password failures
Dec. 2nd 2014 3 % (5.0 - 5.0.2)21
Android 5.0Lollipop
  • New design (Material design)
  • Speed improvement
  • Battery consumption improvement
  • Several new API
  • Tracking battery consumption app
Oct. 17th 2014 3 % (5.0 - 5.0.2)21
Android 4.4.4KitKat
  • Fix Heartbleed / OpenSSL vulnerability
Jun. 23rd 2014 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.4.3KitKat
  • Bug fixes
  • Enable Sprint Spark band 26 and band 41
Apr. 14th 2014 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.4.2KitKat
  • Bug fixes
  • Security enhancements
Dec. 9th 2013 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.4.1KitKat
  • Bug fixes
  • Enhance the camera on the Nexus 5
Dec. 5th 2013 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.4KitKat
  • Screen recording
  • New Translucent system UI
  • Enhanced notification access
  • System-wide settings for closed captioning
  • Performance improvements
  • Public API for SMS management.
  • Improved memory usage
  • Security enhancements (SELinux enforcing mode, new cryptographic algorithms, VPN per user...)
  • NFC Host Card Emulation (for wireless payment, loyalty programs...)
  • Printing Framework
  • Storage Access Framework
  • Hardware Sensor Batching
  • Full-screen immersive mode
  • GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger
  • Chromium WebView
  • Audio tunneling to DSP
  • Audio monitoring
  • Wi-Fi certified Miracast
  • New Bluetooth profile
  • IR Blasters API
  • Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) support
  • Tools for analyzing memory use (procstats, on-device memory status and profiling)
Oct. 31st 2013 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.3Jelly Bean
  • Dial pad auto-complete
  • Photo Sphere enhancements
  • Camera app UI updated
  • 4K resolution support
  • Ability to create restricted profiles for tablets
  • Hebrew and Arabic right-to-left (RTL) support
  • Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support
  • Bluetooth Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) 1.3 support
  • Security and performance enhancements
  • OpenGL for Embedded Systems 3.0 graphics support
  • Logging and analyzing enhancements
  • Wi-Fi scanning API
  • Improved DRM (digital rights management) API
  • VP8 encoding
Jul. 24th 2013 0.5 % (4.3)18
Android 4.2.2Jelly Bean
  • Allow toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth state in Quick Settings using long-press
  • Shows the percentage and estimated time remaining in the active download notifications
  • Wireless charging and low battery sounds changed
  • Gallery app updated for faster loading with new image transition
  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes (Bluetooth A2DP audio streaming fix...)
  • Secure USB debugging (allow debugging to authenticated computers only)
Feb. 11th 2013 1.5 % (4.2 - 4.2.2)17
Android 4.2.1Jelly Bean
  • Fix missing december bug in the People app
  • Add support for Bluetooth gamepads and joysticks HID devices
Nov. 27th 2012 1.5 % (4.2 - 4.2.2)17
Android 4.2Jelly Bean
  • Lockscreen widgets
  • 360 degree images with Photo Sphere
  • Gesture Typing, for faster typing
  • Wireless display with Miracast
  • Daydream to display information when idle or docked
  • Multi-user for tablets
  • vsync timing
  • Triple buffering
  • reduced touch latency
  • CPU input boost
  • Native RTL support - mirrors the display from manifest prop
  • External display support - Display Manager
  • Nested fragments
  • Renderscript Compute - run tasks on the GPU (supported devices)
  • Renderscript ScriptGroups, built-in intrinsics like blur,
  • FilterScript is a subset of Renderscript made for high performance image processing
Nov. 13th 2012 1.5 % (4.2 - 4.2.2)17
Android 4.1.2Jelly Bean
  • Enable Home screen rotation
  • Fix bugs and enhance performances
Oct. 9th 2012 1.2 % (4.1 - 4.1.2)16
Android 4.1.1Jelly Bean
  • Fix a bug on screen orientation
Jul. 23rd 2012 1.2 % (4.1 - 4.1.2)16
Android 4.1Jelly Bean
  • Google Now ( youtu.be/... )
  • Voice Search
  • Speed enhancements
  • Camera app improvements
  • Accessibility: gesture mode, enable braille external keyboards...
  • app stack navigation to define a parent activity in manifest for deep navigation
  • MediaActionSound class to make sounds like when a camera takes a photo
  • NFC supports large payloads over bluetooth
  • WIFI/WIFI-Direct service discovery
  • Large, detailed, multi-action notifications
  • Input manager allows you to query input devices
Jul. 9th 2012 1.2 % (4.1 - 4.1.2)16