Android 4.1 Officially Announced with Plenty of New Features

June 27, 2012 in News

Android-Jelly-Bean

As of today, the next version of Android has been officially announced. 聽Android 4.1 Jellybean, will be the next version of Android, and will begin rolling out in mid-July. 聽Jellybean brings with it, a plethora of upgrades and new features. 聽Some of the more significant features are:

  • Reduced Touch Latency – Making the OS more responsive to touch.
  • Expandable Notifications – By pinching a notification, users can now expand a notification, seeing more information. 聽For example, if a user receives a picture message, they can now pinch the notification, and see a preview image of the picture all from the notification panel.
  • Automatically Resizing Widgets – Instead of having to make sure a widget fits on your home screen, the widget will automatically resize itself to fit around what’s already on your home screen.
  • Improved Android Beam Functionality – Android Beam can now be used to transfer pictures, music, movies, and more. 聽When an Android Beam transfer is initiated, the transfer is handed off from NFC to bluetooth.
  • Better Performance - Faster and smoother running OS. 聽60fps everywhere in the OS, resulting in a buttery smooth experience.
  • New Camera App Features - New filmstrip view allows for gallery-like picture viewing from within the camera app, with the ability to swipe away to delete.
  • Improved Keyboard - Improved word completion and prediction.
  • Offline Voice Dictation - Users no longer are required to have a data connection to use voice dictation.
  • Voice Search - Picks up where Voice Actions left off. 聽Provides a more “personal assistant”-like voice control experience.

Google’s聽upcoming Nexus 7 tablet聽will be the first device to run Android 4.1, while the Galaxy Nexus will be the first smartphone upgraded to the new Android version.

 

Source: 聽Google Developer Page聽and CNet

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