Google’s 64-bit compatible Android L is available for download as a developer preview, and mobile devices should be available by year-end after the final version of the OS is released.

Intel has completed work on a 64-bit version of Android OS for x86 smartphones, and the software will be ready to load on handsets with its upcoming Atom 64-bit chip code-named Merrifield.

Google is announcing the change so that developers can get their apps ready for “upcoming 64-bit Google TV and Android TV devices.” There are no changes to 32-bit support. [Link: 64-bit app compatibil ...