Now that the new Galaxy Nexus is now truly official, Google announces the full details on their latest OS with Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. After what I’ve seen thus far with the new Nexus and the new OS, Android 4.0 has definitely brought my attention back to the OS on a personal level. Ice Cream Sandwich merges the previous Honeycomb and Gingerbread OS into one with a plethora of new features along for the ride as well. The full list of goodies coming along with the OS are:
- Resizable widgets & the ability to make folders a la iOS
- Access notifications & camera from the lock screen
- The ability ot activate a quick text message response to incoming calls
- New virtual keyboard & font
- New voice dictation engine for enhanced voice-to-text
- Data monitoring app built-in
- Camera app now has zero shutter lag between taking photos
- Video/image zoom stabilization
- The ability to take snapshots while recording video
- Panorama mode within the Camera app
- The Movie Studio app from Honeycomb is now present
- A built-in photo editor is also present
- Live Effects filters/edits for photos & video
- The ability to take screenshots natively
- Faster webpage rendering on the browser
- Calendar & Email apps new UI in their redesign
- ICS introduces Android Beam: the ability to use NFC to exchange info between Android devices
- Also introduces Face Unlock: the ability to unlock your device using face detection
So who’s excited about Android 4.0 and the Galaxy Nexus?
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