A deeper look at the new quick settings menu in Android Lollipop

Android Lollipop’s quick settings menu is a great overhaul from KitKat, putting essential functions just a couple swipes away.It also looks pretty slick, keeping with Google’s overall effort to produce both well-functioning and good-looking products with Material Design.The quick-settings menu in Android 5.0 is a big improvement over the static grid in previous versions, providing better information and more useful tools to keep you from diving down into the full settings menu.Same swipe, new options
A one-finger swipe down still pulls down notifications, but now there’s a quick-access bar that hangs at the top of the screen, displaying the date, time, and links to other settings.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here