Today Google I/O kicked off Moscone West in San Francisco, and soon there was Hugo Barra ,who pulled the back curtains and unveiled the new version of android . Android 4.1 namely called Jelly Bean .
Rumours where that it would be called Android 5.0 which would bring major updates , but the Jelly Bean sure does bring some really cool features to it .
First up the "PROJECT BUTTER " yes google has a weird obsession with foody names. The reason behind the name is to make the jelly bean experience "Buttery Smooth" as it turns out the android team really has made it possible ,they have bumped the frame rate to a very good 60 fps they have also implemented vsync and triple buffering to tighten up the experience. Developers also have access to a new tool called systrace in the Jelly Bean SDK that displays what the rendering engine is up to.
Text input has also been improved, especially with regard to voice typing – users no longer need to have a solid network connection to make the feature work, as the speech interpretor lives directly on the device. The predictive keyboard is also able to guess at which word you intend to type out next. Only U.S. English will be supported for now. Arabic and Hebrew support has been improved as well, and they’re looking to add 18 new input languages.Also new is a heightened focus on accessibility. The newly-added Gesture Mode allows blind users to navigate their devices with gestures, and support for external Braille devices has been added.
The Camera app has also been updated with a much faster way to review photos. Ice Cream Sandwich users may be familiar with the stock Camera app’s quick-shooting capabilities, but now users can pinch to enter a film strip view for faster perusal.
Android Beam has been bolstered with the ability to share video via NFC, as well as the ability to pair with an NFC-enabled Bluetooth device just by tapping it.
Notifications have also gotten a bit of a facelift — users can now return phone calls from within the notifications shade, as well as view multiple emails without having to jump into a separate app. Apps can also tap into the notification shade, and they can be expanded by dragging down with two fingers.
As expected, Google has revamped their mobile search experience, and that begins with the UI. Searching from the Google bar brings up handsome white cards that display information culled using the Knowledge Graph. Also on deck is improved voice search, and it seems awfully Siri-esque in how it can display and read out search results with a very natural sounding female voice. Swiping away those response “cards” reveals regular search results
.Google Now “gets to the right information at the right time… automatically” by looking at your “search history, your calendar, and more to figure out what you might want. Examples include Google Now displaying information about sports scores and upcoming games without the need for telling it your favorite teams — your search history has already done that. Users bring up Google Now by tapping on the search box or by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. This, I have to say, is pretty epic stuff.
Google plans to ship the over air updates for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, and Motorola Xoom in the middle of July .
We shall bring you more as Day 1 comes to an end ,coming up Nexus tab and its pro and cons
Rumours where that it would be called Android 5.0 which would bring major updates , but the Jelly Bean sure does bring some really cool features to it .
First up the "PROJECT BUTTER " yes google has a weird obsession with foody names. The reason behind the name is to make the jelly bean experience "Buttery Smooth" as it turns out the android team really has made it possible ,they have bumped the frame rate to a very good 60 fps they have also implemented vsync and triple buffering to tighten up the experience. Developers also have access to a new tool called systrace in the Jelly Bean SDK that displays what the rendering engine is up to.
Text input has also been improved, especially with regard to voice typing – users no longer need to have a solid network connection to make the feature work, as the speech interpretor lives directly on the device. The predictive keyboard is also able to guess at which word you intend to type out next. Only U.S. English will be supported for now. Arabic and Hebrew support has been improved as well, and they’re looking to add 18 new input languages.Also new is a heightened focus on accessibility. The newly-added Gesture Mode allows blind users to navigate their devices with gestures, and support for external Braille devices has been added.
The Camera app has also been updated with a much faster way to review photos. Ice Cream Sandwich users may be familiar with the stock Camera app’s quick-shooting capabilities, but now users can pinch to enter a film strip view for faster perusal.
Android Beam has been bolstered with the ability to share video via NFC, as well as the ability to pair with an NFC-enabled Bluetooth device just by tapping it.
Notifications have also gotten a bit of a facelift — users can now return phone calls from within the notifications shade, as well as view multiple emails without having to jump into a separate app. Apps can also tap into the notification shade, and they can be expanded by dragging down with two fingers.
As expected, Google has revamped their mobile search experience, and that begins with the UI. Searching from the Google bar brings up handsome white cards that display information culled using the Knowledge Graph. Also on deck is improved voice search, and it seems awfully Siri-esque in how it can display and read out search results with a very natural sounding female voice. Swiping away those response “cards” reveals regular search results
.Google Now “gets to the right information at the right time… automatically” by looking at your “search history, your calendar, and more to figure out what you might want. Examples include Google Now displaying information about sports scores and upcoming games without the need for telling it your favorite teams — your search history has already done that. Users bring up Google Now by tapping on the search box or by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. This, I have to say, is pretty epic stuff.
Google plans to ship the over air updates for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, and Motorola Xoom in the middle of July .
We shall bring you more as Day 1 comes to an end ,coming up Nexus tab and its pro and cons
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