14 DAY TRIAL // Google announced last month the next version of its mobile platform, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The operating system will make its way onto some of the top tier smartphones and tablets that are already available on the market, though there are no additional on the release dates for the moment.
The fist device to run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean platform at launch, Nexus 7 is now being shipped in several regions, and will be rolled out globally by the end of the year.
Although Jelly Bean was made official last month, Google did not unveil the new platform's full changelog, instead it focused on the main features of the operating system. Today, the search giant fixed this problem and released the full Android 4.1 Jelly Bean changelog.
First of all, it appears that the improvements made to the Android platform with Jelly Bean are under the hood.
This means that Jelly Bean is a much faster operating system, which translates in quicker responses when switching between recent apps, as well as smoother rendering across the system through triple buffering and vsync.
There's more to it, as Jelly Bean is much more smoother when it comes to touch responses. It makes the device more responsive by boosting the processor instantly when the user touches the screen, or it can turn down its power when the device is not needed, thus saving battery life.
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean comes with lots of new features and improvements, but Google promised that more will be added later this year. For example, Google confirmed that support for USB audio docks will be shipping later this year.
There's a plethora if enhancements in all areas of the operating system, such as keyboard, calendar, data usage, face unlock, camera and gallery, browser and WebView, accessibility, networking, messaging and talk, notifications and more.
In fact, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean's official changelog is huge, so we recommend those who wish to have a glimpse of what it has to offer to head over here.