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  • Release Date: February 22, 2011

  • Launch Device: Motorola Xoom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honeycomb was the first Android OS version which was specifically designed for tablets. Lack for hardware buttons were adjusted with virtual on-screen buttons. The same feature was carried over to the next version of Android OS.

Other than virtual buttons built-in apps were also improved for large screen; especially Gmail app and multi-tabbed web browser. Multi-tasking feature was also introduced with Honeycomb version. Previous to Honeycomb Android supported quick app switching but with this iteration users were allowed to bring active apps in front with the help of single push of button after which user can directly jump to the desired app.

Support for multi-core processors along with hardware acceleration was added to get better performance response. In the last update 2.3.7 Google Wallet support was added to Gingerbread devices.

Honeycomb 3.x

Ice Creem Sandwich 4.0.x

  • Release Date: October 19, 2011

  • Launch Device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The latest iteration released by Google is Android 4.0 ICS which completely revamped phone interface. Numerous features which were previously introduced with Honeycomb were added to this iteration. In the same line hardware buttons were completely removed and same on-screen buttons were added just like Honeycomb.

The new features included

 

  • New typeface called Roboto

  • New Face unlock feature

  • Android Beam – A secure NFC powered content sharing platform

  • Re-arrangeable folders, Favorites Tray, Screenshots

  • Swipe to dismiss notifications, tasks and browser tabs

  • W-Fi Direct

  • Manage apps running in background

  • Revamped Gmail interface.

 

Besides this the new Google Music app replaced Android built-in music player. Currently only few devices are running on ICS and soon the update will be rolled out for other ICS supporting devices.

The next version is expected to be named as Jelly Bean but that can only be confirmed when Google releases some news related to next version. So this is the Android version history. We will be updating more when new versions will be released.

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