The forthcoming Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie has yet to be officially unveiled (we're still not even sure Key Lime Pie is going to be its name), and yet it seems to be one of the main things everyone in the tech world keeps talking about.
Google's latest iteration of its Android OS will definitely be "super sweet," though, and we can relish the mounds of tasty rumors that are being served up across the Web when it comes to all things Key Lime Pie.
According to a speculative report published via Android Pit on Thursday, April 5, here are five features we might look forward to when it comes to Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie:
One: More butter: Being that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean came with the newly released Project Butter — which helped make the OS run smooth as (you guessed it) butter, which was later improved upon with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean — we can only hope that Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie will see yet another fine tuning of Project Butter that will be truly mouthwatering.
Two: More user profile control: Since the release of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, users have had the option to set up more than one user account on their tablets.
"On the downside, it lacks important setting options," Android Pit says. "This doesn't allow you to determine one user profile specifically for certain apps. A clear split between private and work profiles Blackberry-style would be a positive step for Android."
Three: More babble: All speculation points to Google Talk, SMS, Google+, Google Voice and similar apps being easily consolidated more or less as Google Babble. Google Babble "will centralize all news feeds and notifications," Android Pit reminds us, and as it should be released the same time as Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, we can expect the two to work marvelously together. Rumor has it earlier Android OS iterations will be updated with Google Babble as an app later down the road.
Four: More performance from lock screen widgets: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean also offered us the abilities to put widgets on our lockscreens. But since one can only use lockscreen-developed widgets as opposed to others, we're hoping Google will develop a better system for Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie.
"This would allow for all important information to be placed in direct view, without first having to unlock your device or swiping your lockscreen," Android Pit suggests.
Five: More brightness for user interface: With Google Now and the Play Store having been prettily refurbished, it makes sense Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie would come with an equally pretty redesign to the old model.
"It might just drift away from dark colors and adopt a brighter and friendlier look that appears more complete, giving the system a more homogeneous feel," Android Pit says. "I'm actually quite happy with how Android looks at the moment, but this is just a logical step forward. What's more, the brighter look will most likely appeal to more users than the present black and blue variation."
Rumors abound that Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie will be unveiled at this year's Google I/O conference in May, particularly as Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was released at last year's Google I/O conference in June 2012.
What do you think? Will these features be a part of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, or is there anything else Android Pit left out? Let us know in the comments below!
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