Google stays mum on Android L, but buzz grows [Video]

While Google continues to remain quiet about its upcoming Android L OS, observers and reports anticipate its upcoming arrival.

Introduced at the Google I/O conference in June, Android L made a good first impression with developers, with its Material Design visual design technology, use of the ART runtime, and Battery Historian feature for improved power efficiency.

“Google said Android L would be available in the fall of 2014, but they haven’t provided much more information beyond that,” beta tester Juan Gomez, a senior mobile engineer at Eventbrite, said in email. “My expectation based on previous releases is that the final version should be announced between the end of October and beginning of November.”

Published reports back up this contention, with devices anticipated from companies like HTC and Samsung. For its part, Samsung is mimicking Google and staying tight-lipped. “Most Android watchers expect L sometime this month as a few new devices pre-loaded with it are released,” analyst …