What is new in android m? will you get more interesting stuff

Yesterday, we talked about the six tentpole features in the new
Android M release. But there's a lot more that Google didn't go
into during the keynote, which we'll talk about now.
Direct Share
It was already easy to share content between apps on Android
but with Direct Share, Android can now learn which apps you
share content to frequently and place that at the top of the list,
so if you share photos to the Facebook app a lot, it will be at the
top. Direct Share also lets you share content to specific people
that you contact you the most, so they are placed directly in the
share sheet instead of having to hunt them in the contacts list.
Improved text selection and floating toolbar
The text selection in Android hasn't changed much in several
years. You still get the same confusing, nondescript icons at the
top when you select the text in an app. With M, you now get a
floating toolbar with clear cut, copy, and paste buttons, with
overflow menu for additional options such as search or
translate. The selection now also moves forward word by word
instead of letters to make it easier to mark text but you can go
back to select letter by letter. This feature is not present in the
current developer preview for some reason.
There will also be undo/redo keyboard shortcut buttons.
App Standby
We talked about Doze, which puts the device in a deep sleep
state when not used for long periods of time to save power. App
Standby does this for individual apps. When the OS detects an
app hasn't been used in a long period of time then it
automatically puts it on standby, which disables its network
access and suspends its syncs and jobs. When you plug in your
device for charging, these apps can resume syncing in the
background as usual.
Improved volume control
A lot of people were upset by the lack of a traditional Silent
mode in Lollipop. With M, the silent mode is back, accessed by
holding down the volume button and then once again to exit the
vibrate mode. Only alarms work in the Silent mode, as they used
to.
Google also brought back the extended volume control options,
which let you control the media and alarm volumes by a drop
down next to the ringtone volume level. The Interruptions
feature has been removed from the volume bar and now is a
separate feature listed below.
Do not disturb quick setting
M has a new Do not disturb button in the notifications, which is
essentially the previous Interruptions feature. You can choose
between Total silence mode, Alarms only mode, or Priority only
mode. You can customize these options from the notifications
or the Settings app.
Adoptable storage devices
Users can now add an SD card, which will then be adopted by
the system to behave like internal storage. The memory card
will be formatted and encrypted and will be seen like internal
memory. You can then install apps and other private data easily
onto the memory card.
Auto backup for apps
Google will now perform full automatic data backup and restore
for apps designed for M. The data will be in your Google
account and will be synced across devices.
Bluetooth stylus support
The OS now includes improved support for Bluetooth stylus
devices.
Improved Bluetooth Low Energy Scanning
A new approach to scanning method cuts down on the power
required to perform the scan, provided the developer of the app
implements the feature.
Hotspot 2.0 Release 1 support
Support for Hotspot 2.0 in devices like Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 to
automatically connect to Hotspot 2.0 networks when you enter
the area.
4K Display Mode
Android M now supports display resolutions up to 4K.
Improved Android for Work
Includes features such as enhanced controls for Corporate-
Owned, Single-Use devices, silent install and uninstall of apps
by Device Owner, silent enterprise certificate access, auto-
acceptance of system updates, delegated certificate installation,
enterprise factory reset protection, data usage tracking, runtime
permission management, VPN in Settings, and work status
notification.
Improved USB On-The-Go support
Previously connecting a USB OTG drive in stock Android made it
accessible in apps but the OS itself behaved as if nothing was
connected. In M, you now get a notification that lets you explore
the contents of the drive in a file explorer like interface, along
with an eject button to safely remove it. It also shows up in the
Storage option in the Settings app, which has been revamped
slightly.
Improved Calculator app
Google added a few extra functions to the Calculator app,
namely the ability to switch between radians and degree and
inverse sine, cosine and tangent functions. But there is still no
percentage button.
Changes to UI
M brings a handful of changes to the UI. First thing you'll notice
is the new app drawer, which lists apps alphabetically in a
vertically scrolling grid and shows most used apps at the top.
There is a search button at the top as well. Even the widgets
drawer has a vertically scrolling design.
The lockscreen also gets a different font for the clock and the
voice search button replaces the dialler in the bottom left
corner.
Google got rid of the Google Settings app and now all the
options are listed inside the main Settings app under an option
called Google.
Swiping up from the Home button bring the new Google Now on
tap UI with a new animation. Now on tap is not yet available
even in the developer preview but you can still use the Google
Search bar which is available at the top.
The animations in general on M are more dramatic. There are
some new animations for interactions and all the UI elements
pop in and out with greater flourish. If you didn't like the
animations in Lollipop, you are probably not going to like this
either.
That's it for now. We will be digging further in the developer
preview to find more interesting things. It's worth noting that a
lot could change in the final version. Some things might be
removed, others added. This is the very first build that Google
released and it's meant more for developers than users, so take
all the UI changes bits with a grain of salt.
As for the developer preview, it's a beta and like all betas, not
recommended for daily use. Many of the apps are crashing and
there are other oddities as well (the phone memory doesn't
show up on the computer when connected over USB for some
reason). It's for this reason we don't recommend you install it
on your primary device, but if you have a device to spare, you
could give it a shot and send in any interesting things you find.