6 New Features in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

What’s new about this version of Android?  Well, here’s what we’ve pulled together from the news today.  We’ll update this if we come across more details, so be sure to check back.

New to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean:

 Amazing Photo Sphere camera

Up, down and all around you, it’s like no camera you’ve ever seen. With Android 4.2, snap pictures in every direction that come together into incredible, immersive photo spheres that put you right inside the scene. View your photo spheres right on your phone, share them on Google+ with your friends and family, or even add them to Google Maps for the world to see..

A smarter keyboard, now with Gesture Typing

Typing on a software keyboard is not easy. Android 4.2 introduces the Gesture Typing feature that makes typing on the go more fun and easy. You can type a word by simply gliding your finger over the letters that you want to type. Not only are the spaces added automatically but Gesture Typing feature can also predict your next word which allows you to complete your sentences quickly and easily. This is the kind of stuff that made Swype popular.

Google Now

Live in the moment, stay up to date with what’s happening around you and the things that interest you. Google Now brings you all the information that you need whenever you need it, and you don’t even have to “ask” for it. With Google Now, you can stay updated on current weather, flight information, restaurant reservations, traffic updates and even the current score of the match that your favorite team is playing. And all this happens automatically.

Multiple Users

Android 4.2 brings a very important new feature for tablet users and that is the option of having multiple users for a tablet the same way it is for desktop OS. So, each user can have a customized experience of the tablet that was not possible earlier. You can customize your homescreen, widgets, apps & games and background to your liking. This feature is available for tablets only.

Share what’s on your phone on the big screen

You can now wirelessly share your movies, YouTube videos and any other stuff from your screen onto an HDTV screen. All you need is a wireless display adapter, attach it to your HDMI enabled HDTV and you are good to go. You can easily mirror your screen.

Fast and smooth

 We put Android under a microscope, making everything feel fast, fluid, and smooth. With buttery graphics and silky transitions, moving between home screens and switching between apps is effortless, like turning pages in a book.

 More reactive and uniform touch responses mean you can almost feel the pixels beneath as your finger moves across the screen. Jelly Bean makes your Android device even more responsive by boosting your device's CPU instantly when you touch the screen, and turns it down when you don't need it to improve battery life.

Now what do you like on Android ?