Next version of Android (Lollipop?) to be revealed tomorrow for Google I/O 2014

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Next version of Android (Lollipop?) to be revealed tomorrow for Google I/O 2014

Android circles is freaking out after a statement made by Android lead Sundar Pichai suggests we could see the next version of Android unveiled (in some capacity) during this weeks’ Google I/O developer conference. According to Bloomberg, Google will preview Android L (Lemonhead, Lollipop?) during this year’s keynote, with Pichai going on the record as saying:

“I want the world to understand what we are doing sooner.”

-Sundar Pichai

While the quote doesn’t reveal much, Bloomberg says this is Pichai’s new effort for greater transparency. Or perhaps this is Google’s way of stealing some of Apple’s thunder after they gave the world a preview of their next mobile OS — iOS 8 — during their own WWDC event last month. In the back of our minds, we can’t help but hope Google will also provide a limited developer preview of Android L before it officially rolls out to the world with their rumored Android Silver program. Hey, we can dream, right?

Where we didn’t expect to see anything more than a Google app redesign at this year’s I/O, we suppose the event (and Android) is still too young to pin a specific pattern of announcements or releases. As we all know, when it comes to Google (and Android), you never know what you’re gonna get.

As we prepare our bodies and our minds for tomorrow’s event, don’t forget to check out the full 5-page interview with Sundar Pichai here. It’s a great read.

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