What's New In Android Jelly Bean 4.2?

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Android has proved itself as the all-rounder mobile operating system. Everyone who is using Android powered devices is very satisfied with its amazing performance in every field; whether it is entertainment, gaming, business dealing, social networking or anything else. Now, Google has released a new version with full of surprising features. It is Android Jelly Bean 4.2. It is full of
latest updates and features which are quite impressive. Let’s have a look on them:

• Faster Controls: Now, with this newer version of Android operating system, the users are able to have better grip over the notifications. Here, you can toggle across settings, and also you will be able to access more functionalities than before. Users can get multiple options in the notification tray and they can easily roll them over and swipe the notifications with the use of two fingers.

• Multiple User Settings: Now, you can easily set multiple users profile in your system which helps if more than one user is involved. The multiple users’ functionality helps in saving personalized setting for each user.

• Gesture Typing: ...
... It is an amazing feature that helps in completing the word that is getting typed by you without typing it completely. It is something about getting the correct word typed without having to any lifts your finger. The all you need to do is to glide your fingers upon the keys while typing a word and the word will be completed automatically. It is an in-built feature of this operating system which can easily predict and compose the words.

• Better Voice Search: For the first time, iPhone has launched an ultimate feature for voice search (i.e. a virtual assistant, Siri) but now, Android has taken it on the new heights of all the voice search apps and named it as S-Voice. It is included in the latest Samsung Smartphone Galaxy S III and Galaxy S IV. Both of them have Android Jelly Bean as their operating system. It has proved that this voice search feature is better than the iPhone’s Siri. It is handled by the knowledge graph, which depends upon the Google’s answer prediction ability.

• Google Now: In the starting age of Android, Google Now was not that much productive and efficient but now with every another update of Android, it has shown a tremendous improvement. Now, it is one of the best features of Jelly Bean.

Mia Klaus is a technical writer and enjoys sharing what's latest in mobile . Android is most popular OS and here she discusses about how an android apps development through his software development services tools engages the mobile users with wonderful and thoughtful apps.