Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Deep Dive Into Android 4.1

By Katherine Martina


Google authentically made available its next-generation Android Os, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, in June at its yearly I/O construtor meeting. The fresh new program is currently only formally readily available for two products, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smart phone as well as Google's innovative new Nexus 7 tablet - try a Nexus 7 hands-on here - nonetheless Jelly Bean should make its way to the bulk of new Android tools in the heading months, beginning with the Samsung Galaxy S III and also Motorola XOOM tablet pc.

I have been making use of Jelly Bean on both the Galaxy Nexus as well as Nexus 7 for more than two weeks now, and even though the variation number appears to be just a small bump up on the last variation, Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich," Android Jelly Bean comes with a brand-new structured user interface and plenty of valuable new features.

Many of the most noteworthy attributes in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean add a drastically speedier, simpler user interface that Google engineered under the codename "Project Butter;" Android Beam, which permits you to promptly share photos as well as videos through NFC by tapping your machine to another harmonious product; a good solid and improved touch keyboard together with much better predictive capabilities; a different notification system that allows you to react to certain notifications straight from the Android notification tray as well as without opening up an software; and also a special Google Now feature that "learns" from a common device behavior and provides related cards that serve the info you search for before you decide to look for it.

After improving my Nexus 7 tablet to the most up-to-date type of Jelly Bean the other day, I observed that Google submitted a comprehensive directory of all the completely new abilities and overall performance in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

In lieu of reprint the complete list here, I've disclosed links to a short list of key aspect changes in Jelly Bean and the full list of innovative capabilities in Android 4.1, each from Google.




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