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  • what are the odds we can get this on an unlocked moto x today or soon as in asap lol…give me a reason to unlock my bootloader 🙂

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  • I found it a little amusing that TouchWiz beat them to the punch with a couple of features like power saving mode (the exact same thing in TouchWiz. Even the menu looks exactly the same) as well as the pop-out incoming call notification while in other apps/games, (once again appearing exactly as it looks in TouchWiz)

    • Pretty much every mobile OS except stock android has a power save mode – HTC, Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, even most custom ROMs have it baked into the OS. Heck, back in the days of Android 2.0 we had root apps that could extend battery life based on low battery status. How they managed to not have that as a stock feature for so long has been a topic of debate for years, sadly.

      • True. The reason I found it amusing is mainly because of how the option in L looks EXACTLY like it does in TouchWiz. I think Samsung must’ve had an early copy and baked it in to Kitkat.

  • Is it just me or am I the only KY one concerned with how were going to get this up and running on our phones tomorrow?! It says “developers”. Rarr

    • There will be instructions all over the web on how to get it and load it. If it’s a signed stock image and you are on a stock device, it should just be as simple as putting the file in the root of SDCard and booting into recovery to flash it.

      • You good sir, have made my evening. Thank you for easing my impatient tech enthused mind.

      • Do we have a reasonable expectation that everything will work on the Nexus 5? Or is this going to be half baked with things borked? I’m just curious, this is the first “developer preview” I’ve seen in my 4 years on Android.

        • It’s unprecedented territory.. we don’t know exactly what to expect. Just sit tight and hold on, and wait for a flashable.

        • Yeah, I don’t think anyone knows that, this is a first. My guess is that it will be a bit buggy but mostly fully functional like the dev preview builds you get from Windows and Ubuntu.

  • Don’t see anything on this list about ‘do not disturb’ or usb audio. Besides the lock screen notifications, these are the two I am happiest to see in stock android.

  • I’m just appalled that Google would use the old stock Launcher2 in the Nexus 7 picture instead of the Google Now Launcher, which I assume is in the Nexus 5 picture.

  • Broke my Nexus 5 last week, now relegated to a backup Moto X. Perfect timing….

  • I like everything so far, i just wish they would implement flat icons like the moonshine icon pack which I currently use. I think it looks much better than the current stock icons

  • If my nav buttons turn into those retarded symbols I’m going to be pissed. Someone please tell me how to keep my normal nav buttons.

  • R.I.P to custom roms. I think with this new version of Android I will no longer have a need for custom roms. Thank God. I’m tired of them really. This is the version of stock I’ve been looking for. NOW GET ME A HIGH END NEXUS PHABLET NOW!!!!!

    • That’s what I temped to think with ICS in a way. That didn’t come true.

  • Stock battery percentage and be able to edit quick settings tiles on the next version of android would be great

    • at least we know Motorola can implement this with their near 100% stock version of Android :). Motorola phone owners should rejoice.

    • What makes this release any different than any other new version of Android? OEMs will do what they always do: take it, throw a UI on top of it (At least since Kitkat Google has implemented a limit of what modifications OEMs could make to preserve a more stock feel), load it with a ton of unneccesary features, and out the door it goes.

      • The whole Quantum Paper thing is kind of a brand new element in terms of interaction. Androids always been “one layer”… Curious to see how OEMs adopt this method of usability.

        • Was that mentioned in the keynote? If so, I must have missed it. Also, I’ve toned down my Android obsession over the past year or so, not reading every article on Droid-Life/Android Police as soon as it’s published. I just read up on it, and yeah, that looks like it could be pretty tricky, although I don’t know enough about programming to make any kind of statement or judgment on it’s implementation by OEMs.

          • So you questioned me without watching the keynote or researching any of the new UI features. OK lol.

          • I did watch the Keynote, I just didn’t remember using the words “Quantum Paper” until I looked back at it, hence “I must have missed it.” Also, I wasn’t being a dick about it.

    • I’m not speaking directly to the L release, but I for one really hope that the Android One program takes off like wildfire. Everything about it sounds like the ideal scenario for OEM’s, carriers and customers. Google builds the software and keeps it updated, allows carriers an easy way to add their junk, and consumers get the latest and greatest with no delays.

  • I wonder if they’ll add a new way to get to the quicksettings, i wasnt a fan of the two finger swipe down method

  • Very, very excited to never see HTC’s horrific attempts at noise reduction ever again.

  • It isn’t looking to good for my poor nexus 4 🙁 .

    Btw- The Google Slides seems to follow the new design scheme consisting of circle user icon, elevated button, and circular menu dots instead of square.

    • it’ll be more than 18 months old by the time this drops, but you’ll be due for an upgrade, so there’s that

    • That’s the most far fetched thing I’ve heard all day. I mean if they were going to announce hardware, it’ll be today. Nothing else until official release in the fall

    • It would make more sense if they released new hardware with the consumer release in a few months rather than the dev release tomorrow

  • Hey Jason Purp, I also wouldn’t be mad if someone hooked us up with that wallpaper from the L release demo. *looks around, hoping, waiting, wishing*

  • i don’t like the new buttons but I think Ill get used to them. all in all, looks great!

      • hey, it’s my first time guessing something like this right. Not just an area of it, i was spot on.
        (and lambo is the man)

  • They didn’t answer the most important question of all though. What does the “L” stand for?!?!

  • Knowing how much you guys love iCon Packs etc.. . . . I’m fully expecting ya’ll to take a baseball bat to the TERRIBLE navigation buttons. Google WTH?! Man are they ugly.

      • Yeah, that was the thing that I really judged in the beginning and said “I knew this would happen! They got better and better and they went to far.” Luckily, I kept watching but yeah, they are kinda bad. I prefer HTC’s style

      • Exactly, they look like crap and I hope someone makes an app to switch them back asap.

    • They look like those nav buttons every OEM was tweaking back when ICS first came out. At least they’re not as bad as the Asus, Acer, and Sony nav buttons. Yeesh!

    • The current ones are ugly, plain, bland and boring. Glad they changed it. Also matches the fluidity of the new design.

  • I’m assuming devs will be able to see in the code what the “L” stands for in this release? At least what it’s referred to internally at Google.

    I really want that stock wallpaper.

    And I really wish those nav keys were different. They should have stuck with the ones they were going to use before the official release of ICS: https://lh6.ggpht.com/l1J856IwIQa5hMoM1mQwCs7vTLhauDGECGRSSQfLRwqE2hBO0DR7jkJTFlUzZZMp8Yg=h900-rw

    I’m using them right now and they’re the best looking ones I’ve ever used.

        • Moto X owners don’t regret either…I think we’ll see this pretty quick just like last time around.

          • I don’t think so. I haven’t seen it confirmed that it won’t be on the 2012 version, but it seems like the consensus is just the 2013 version and the Nexus 5.

          • My suspicion is that the 2012 Nexus 7 won’t get it. Reason being that it currently doesn’t support ART and ART is the default for the next version. I think it has something to do with Asus/Nvidia using cheap memory.

        • I’m just happy my nexus is still getting updates and support. Just got 4.4.3, and now I have a new Update on my N7 2012 I have to install, I can’t believe I got it over night!

    • Not really, Cyanogenmod kills that regret. Definitely not better than stock from Google but it’ll do. Besides I could never imagine dealing with Nexus hardware and specs. God no

      • 2.3Ghz Quadcore, 2GB Ram, 2300mah battery, and a 5″ 1080p display not good enough for you? Sounds exactly like every flagship that just came out over the past 2 months.

        • I keep hearing that but I think its programmed in my head to dislike Nexus. Never been a stock fan until today. But if I were to get a Nexus it would definitely need to be 5.5+ and have a micro SD slot which won’t happen so I can’t do the Nexus line.

          • I hear you. I’m not a huge fan of bone-stock, either, but that’s what custom roms are for. Most of them have almost as many features as Samsung devices. Also, I’ve always loved being able to get the latest version of Android as soon, or sometimes even before, it was released. My S5 is the first phone I’ve had that didn’t have an unlocked bootloader and stock Android. However, I’ve loved my S5, which was actually pretty unexpected.

    • My Facebook status this morning almost verbatim. I recently purchased a Galaxy S5 on VZW, simply because there’s 0 T-Mobile/ATT coverage in my area or I’d have a Nexus 5 in my hand.

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