Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Posted by : Flex Next Saturday, February 16, 2013

According to Director of Product Management Hugo Barra "Android is the number one open source Smartphone OS by market share and we all have great expectation on the developers to add some cool feature to this recent update. According to designer Bob Freking, designer of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean interface, states that jelly bean has a number of valuable features which makes it far more superior in comparison to Ice Cream Sandwich. So to make this quote more clear lets have a look at some of the main features of Android 4.1 which are listed below :

Google Now
Offline Voice Typing
Improvements to Android Beam
Faster, Smoother and more Responsive
Expandable Notifications
Amazing Keyboard
Jelly Bean Camera App
Saves Battery
Google Play Apps Updates
Google Maps

1. Google Now

It’s one of the best feature of android 4.0 which provides an amazing search experience in Jelly Bean with a new look-and-feel, and has faster and more natural Voice Search. Google Now brings you just the right information, before you even ask.

2. Offline Voice Typing

I’m really surprised by this feature and this is a real gift for those users who live in areas with very low internet connectivity. Using this feature voice dictation feature will work like a charm for you even when you don’t have a good internet connectivity.

3. Improvements to Android Beam

This feature works on the principle of wireless technology called near-field communications. Under this features users will be able to share photos by tapping two phones together.

4. Faster, Smoother and more Responsive

Apart from all above discussed features, Engineers make the whole user interface more faster, Smoother and more responsive in comparison to Ice Cream Sandwich. And I’m sure that you will observe this when you get an android Smartphone with jelly bean installed.

5. Expandable notifications

Android apps can now display larger, richer notifications to users that can be expanded and collapsed with a pinch. This feature includes notification support for photos and content with more multiple actions.

6. Amazing Keyboard

Android’s dictionaries are now more accurate and relevant. The language model in Jelly Bean adapts over time, and the keyboard will even guess what the next word will be even before you’ve started typing it.

7. Camera App

Using this camera app users will able to swipe for a quick preview of the last photo taken. Also you can swipe to see all photos and pinch to shrink the gallery into a film strip UI.

8. Saves Battery

According to Engineers jelly bean will save the battery of your android Smartphone.

9. Google Play updates

Now Google Play app will get updated in style, instead of downloading and installing the whole file app, it will only install the changes for the app.

10. Google Maps

Google has managed to update itself into 3D maps with Android 4.1, making google maps a different experience.