The best M #2 update is the app drawer, which dumped the awful side letter indicators and went back to a normal layout. The search bar now looks like a search bar and at the last used app row is still there.
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Google pushed out the first update to the Android M Developer Preview. We've already covered the change from 5.1 to Android M Preview 1, so with the new version, we might as well cover the changes between Android M Preview 1 and 2. Google described this release as an "incremental update," and that sounds about right to us—not a whole lot has changed. But hey, we're here, we've got a new version of Android to play with, so lets get comparing!
(The pictures are a mix of Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 screenshots, so don't worry about any size differences.)
The most prominent change is the fixed app drawer, which looks much better than the Preview 1 version. The original implementation removed an entire column of icons to make room for huge index letters. It looked ugly and was a waste of space, so we're glad to see them gone. There's still the nice-to-have search bar at the top of the screen, and it actually looks like a search bar now.
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