ANDROID JELLYBEAN 4.1 OFFICIAL
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This won't come as much of a surprise to most, but today Google officially announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean during its Google I/O keynote. One of the first new Jelly Bean features that Google announced is Project Butter, which aims to help make moving through the UI smoother and faster. Jelly Bean will also feature a new method of moving icons and widgets around on the home screen. When a user decides to place a new widget on his or her home screen, the icons that are in the way of the new widget will automatically be pushed to a different part of the screen to make room for the new widget.
When it comes to input, Google says that its made dictionary and keyboard refinements in Jelly Bean, including predictive keyboard that the company says will know which words you'd like to enter next before you type them. Jelly Bean also features offline voice typing, meaning that you longer need a Wi-Fi or cellular connection to use your voice to type words.
Other improvements included in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tweaks to the camera, Android Beam and notifications. The Camera app allows users to quickly access their images directly from the camera, and when viewing images it's now possible to simply swipe unwanted images away. Users can also undo their deletion and bring an image back. Android Beam will allow users to share photos and videos by tapping devices together, and in Jelly Bean it'll also be possible to pair an Android device with an NFC Bluetooth device with just a tap. Notifications can now be expanded in the notification window, and users can also respond to them from the window as well. For example, users can view a missed call notification and return that call, and also hang up, all from the window.
So when can you get your mitts on it? Google will be rolling out over the air Jelly Bean updates to the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Motorola XOOM as well as to the open source in mid-July. Android developers can access the Jelly Bean SDK today.
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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean officially introduced at Google I/O
This won't come as much of a surprise to most, but today Google officially announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean during its Google I/O keynote. One of the first new Jelly Bean features that Google announced is Project Butter, which aims to help make moving through the UI smoother and faster. Jelly Bean will also feature a new method of moving icons and widgets around on the home screen. When a user decides to place a new widget on his or her home screen, the icons that are in the way of the new widget will automatically be pushed to a different part of the screen to make room for the new widget.
When it comes to input, Google says that its made dictionary and keyboard refinements in Jelly Bean, including predictive keyboard that the company says will know which words you'd like to enter next before you type them. Jelly Bean also features offline voice typing, meaning that you longer need a Wi-Fi or cellular connection to use your voice to type words.
Other improvements included in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tweaks to the camera, Android Beam and notifications. The Camera app allows users to quickly access their images directly from the camera, and when viewing images it's now possible to simply swipe unwanted images away. Users can also undo their deletion and bring an image back. Android Beam will allow users to share photos and videos by tapping devices together, and in Jelly Bean it'll also be possible to pair an Android device with an NFC Bluetooth device with just a tap. Notifications can now be expanded in the notification window, and users can also respond to them from the window as well. For example, users can view a missed call notification and return that call, and also hang up, all from the window.
So when can you get your mitts on it? Google will be rolling out over the air Jelly Bean updates to the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Motorola XOOM as well as to the open source in mid-July. Android developers can access the Jelly Bean SDK today.
More to come...
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