Android Lollipop 5.0 Tablet Edition

11:54 - 06 November 2014

Lollipop's playful, animation-rich aesthetic, which Google calls "material design," feels fresh and alive, with an internal logic that should mean both longtime and new Android users can get accustomed to their new surroundings quickly – for the most part.

Google's new mobile operating system is now available to consumers, as new Nexus hardware (starting with the Nexus 9) begins to make its way into the hands of pre-order customers.

Version 5.0 of Android continues the candy naming tradition with "Lollipop," and despite the fact that 'L' is just next in the alphabet, something about the name seems to resonate with the bold new design direction Google has introduced for this generation of its software.