Este é a primeira mega actualização à plataforma do Android do Google. Foi lançada hoje, e o código fonte já está nos repositorios.
Agora as empresas de telemóveis e operadores telefónicos e a comunidade terá que actualizar para esta plataforma.
Aqui tem uma lista das novas funcionalidades:
User interface refinements:
* System-wide:
o Refinement of all core UI elements
o Animated window transitions (off by default)
o Accelerometer-based application rotations
* UI polish for:
o In-call experience
o Contacts, Call log, and Favorites
o SMS & MMS
o Browser
o Calendar
o Email
o Camera & Gallery
o Application management
Performance improvements:
* Faster Camera start-up and image capture
* Much faster acquisition of GPS location (powered by SUPL AGPS)
* Smoother page scrolling in Browser
Applications
* Camera & Gallery
o Video recording
o Video playback (MPEG-4 & 3GP formats)
* Browser
o Updated with latest Webkit browser & Squirrelfish Javascript engines
o Copy 'n paste in browser
o Search within a page
o User-selectable text-encoding
o UI changes include:
+ Unified Go and Search box
+ Tabbed bookmarks/history/most-visited screen
* Contacts
o Shows user picture for Favorites
o Specific date/time stamp for events in call log
o One-touch access to a contact card from call log event
Application framework
* On-screen soft keyboard
o Works in both portrait and landscape orientation
o Support for user installation of 3rd party keyboards
o User dictionary for custom words
* Home screen
o Widgets
+ Bundled home screen widgets include: analog clock, calendar, music player, picture frame, and search
o Live folders
* UI framework
o Framework for easier background/UI thread interaction
o New SlidingDrawer widget
o Horizontal ScrollView widget
* Home Screen framework
o APIs for creating secure home screen widgets
o APIs for populating live folders with custom content
* Media framework
o Raw audio recording and playback APIs
o Interactive MIDI playback engine
o Video recording APIs for developers (3GP format)
o Video and photo sharing Intents
o Media search Intent
* Input Method framework
o Text prediction engine
o Ability to provide downloadable IMEs to users
* Speech recognition framework
o Support for using speech recognition libraries via Intent
* Misc API additions
o LocationManager - Applications can get location change updates via Intent
o WebView - Touch start/end/move/cancel DOM event support
o SensorManager - redesigned sensor APIs
o GLSurfaceView - convenience framework for creating OpenGL applications
o Broadcast Intent for app update install succeeded - for smoother app upgrade experience
System software
* New Linux kernel (version 2.6.27)
* SD card filesystem auto-checking and repair
* SIM Application Toolkit 1.0
Supported hardware
* Bluetooth
o Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP and AVCRP profiles)
o Auto-pairing
o Improved handsfree experience
Developer tools
* Support for multiple versions of Android in a single SDK installation
* Improved JUnit support in ADT
* Easier application performance profiling