14 DAY TRIAL // Today, Mozilla has announced an updated flavor of its mobile operating system, namely Firefox OS 1.3, which will arrive on devices with a variety of improvements packed inside, including dual-SIM support.
The platform has been updated with dual-standby capabilities as well, so that users could enjoy access to both SIM cards at the same time, as well as with a variety of other enhancements, such as a better camera app, and more.
Firefox OS 1.3 comes with continuous autofocus capabilities and with support for flash, which should result in much better imaging capabilities to all of its users out there.
Moreover, the new camera improvements are accompanied by a series of changes to the Galley app, which should be faster now and which also include content arrangement by month, along with file-information display.
Mozilla has also announced new features for the media applications in the platform, such as access to music controls in the notifications tray and on the lock screen. Moreover, the FM Radio app can now be played through the phone’s loudspeaker, the company has announced.
Another change in the platform includes adaptive app search, which allows users to easily search for applications in from the Firefox Marketplace, in addition to the Web.
The OS also comes with smart collections, which means that apps will automatically be grouped together on the home screen into specific categories, including Social, Games, Music, Showbiz, and the like.
“By clicking on one of these categories, lets say gaming, you will see a list of all your installed games and clearly delineated below; a list of suggested new gaming apps you might like to try out,” Mozilla explains in a blog post.
“You can also save specific searches that interest you on the homescreen as new smart collections (examples: recipes, sports, news) by tapping the star icon under the search bar.”
Firefox OS 1.3 also comes with new messaging capabilities, including support for MMS/SMS, enabling users to send MMS messages to email addresses. The platform will switch an SMS to an MMS when an image or video is added.
Moreover, users will get the option to save message drafts and can also choose to receive delivery notifications when a message is read. Moreover, the OS update comes with support for email notifications and POP3.
Other changes in the new platform update include support for multiple Bluetooth file transfers, a series of performance improvements for scrolling and app startup, and support for new languages: Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic & Latin), Slovak, Spanish, Turkish.
As detailed in the aforementioned blog post, the new Firefox OS 1.3 also comes with a series of enhancements aimed at developers, such as NFC enablers, better support for graphics and gaming, new WebAPIs for better Gecko Platform Capabilities, and Audio Streaming with RTSP.
