Google could be about to reveal Android 5.0, the latest version of its smartphone and tablet operating system after releasing a screenshot showing new World Cup features in Google Now.In a Twitter post, the company showed off new features in its Google Now software that provide quick access to World Cup scores. Eagle-eyed fans on Reddit were quick to spot that the clock in the screenshots is set to 5:00.If Google is sticking to its usual technique of revealing version numbers this could reveal that Android 5.0 will soon be released. When Google launches a new Nexus device is normally teases a new operating system by setting the time to the version number.
When the company unveiled Android 4.4 KitKat, it did so with screenshots that had the clock set to 4:40; Android 4.2 Jelly Bean had its clock set to 4:20 in screenshots and even Android 2.3 Gingerbread had the clock reading 2:30.Assuming that the time matching the pattern of previous releases is not a coincidence, Google I/O 2014 will see the launch of Android 5.0.With Google having kept its plans a secret up to now, little is known about this next-generation version of Android - although it will include a dessert-themed codename beginning with L, following on from the Nestlé-sponsored KitKat codename of its predecessor.
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