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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