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Possibly coming to Android L: Quick Torch, customizable Quick Settings

Google may have released a developer preview of Android L this summer, but the operating system won’t officially launch until this fall. So while developers dig into the preview to make sure their apps are ready to take advantage of the new design and other features, developers at Google are busy killing bugs… and adding […]

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Google Android L ported to the Nexus 4 smartphone (unofficially)

Want to try out Google’s upcoming version of Android, but don’t have a Nexus 5 phone or Nexus 7 tablet? If you’ve got a slightly older Nexus 4 smartphone then you’re in luck — there’s an unofficial port of the Google Android L developer preview available for that phone. At this point Android L for the […]

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You can already root a device running Android L Developer Preview

Google released the developer preview of Android L on June 27th, and on the same day folks figured out how to root it. Rooting an Android device gives you superuser access to the operating system which allows you to play with files, folders, and disk partitions that would otherwise be hidden. In order to root […]