Android 4.1 Jelly Bean finally officially announced along with the latest tablet device the Nexus 7. As an advanced version of the operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, of course, there will be many new features added to it.
Well, what are the new features brought by this new Android operating system, consider the following presentation we have summarized from various sources.
Butter Project
The presence of Jelly Bean's focus on performance. More specifically, the increase in the responsiveness of the user interface. That's why Google finally dedicated it through a project called Butter to improve the performance of the Android operating system.
Butter the Jelly Bean Project is actually not only change the look of Android become more attractive, but also claimed to be designed to optimize the ability of System on Chip (SoC) on each device.
There are three things that make Project Butter look stunning, of which Vsync for anti flickr, Triple Buffering to optimize OpenGL, as well as optimization of the processor to increase the responsiveness of the phone.
To prove it, Google has shown two smartphones Galaxy Nexus, which runs an Ice Cream Sandwich, while others run the Jelly Bean Project proves a big difference thanks to Butter. The result, according to sources at GSMArena is really quite impressive.
Keyboard and Voice Input
For text input device, the keyboard on the Jelly Bean also claimed to have improved, with better predictions of rich and more accurate as well as the dictionary has been expanded.
In the latest operating system, Voice Typing feature is now also available in offline mode. This means that users no longer require a data connection to do it, but it also features performance was not affected by the slow pace.
Photo Gallery
In the Android Jelly Bean, taking pictures/photos are claimed to be more intuitive. By bringing the motion of the user interface and new functionality, users simply move to the side to access the gallery. Users also can rapidly remove the picture by sliding it off the screen.
Notifications
With the changes also include notification bar, which is now made more intelligent. For example, when a user gets a missed call, then to call back just over the bar notification.
In addition it now also includes notifications for various applications such as Music, Pulse, and Gmail are extended to give more details without having to open the application.
Google Search
Most older applications on Android devices, Google Search, has also significantly changed. Where, Google Search has been supported by natural language commands. That way, Google seems to have been ready for a serious challenger to present candidates for Siri.
When a user performs a search, the user will get a card with minimalist design. Interestingly, when users swipe to the left, the card shows the user's list of search results from Google Search.
Giant internet also presents a new feature that is part of the Google Search is called Google Now, which can be used to show a list of public transportation, flight information, and sports results.
Widget
Widgets in Android Jelly Bean is now more intelligent. These features are now able to automatically adjust the size of the remaining space on the screen. So that the widget that has a large size even though it is more pleasing to the eye.
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