Android die-hards will have a lot to like in the next update to Google’s mobile operating system, code-named Android M.

Dave Burke, the company’s vice president of engineering for Android, gave developers a first glimpse at M during a keynote presentation at the Google I/O conference Thursday. Calling it Google’s “most polished Android release to date,” he said that M is focused on improving the core user experience of the mobile OS.

Google has overhauled the permissions system in Android with the new release. Specifically, Android M apps won’t ask for a smorgasbord of permissions up front when users first install an app. Instead, apps will query users when they try to use a feature that requires a permission. Users will be able to allow or deny individual permissions when they’re requested, and turn them on or off at will.

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