Essential Official Android Thread
Google Hangouts gets a minor update with more emoji and butter
More butter and emoji added to the recipe, still missing that dash of Google Voice that everyone wants.
More butter and emoji added to the recipe, still missing that dash of Google Voice that everyone wants.
Ukbrotha
Superstar
Same here, apart from the camera ui.
a lot of things changed. First project butter 2.0 is there
A number of (hardly groundbreaking) changes await in 4.3
Location
Networking
Location
- Location detection through Wi-Fi - use Wi-Fi to detect location without turning on Wi-Fi all the time.
Networking
- Bluetooth Smart support (a.k.a. Bluetooth Low-Energy) - devices like Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 (2013 edition) are now Bluetooth Smart Ready.
Few things i noticed so far with 4.3. The Theme is speed & Fluidity. Just some minor improvements that caught my eyes. The others have been mentioned before
1. The set as wallpaper has been fixed. The scaling dimension have been improved. It was very annoying to set wallpaper before via the gallery app. The pic used to come out blurry and washed out. The new UI is simple and clean.
2. The rich notifications are slightly different. Seems to be thinner and stretch across the screen.
3. The notification shade pull down and up animation is much faster.
4. The lag inside the widgets area is now fixed. It wasn't fixed in 4.1 or 4.2. Minor but good to see that fix.
5. The new set up screen is very well done. Also When you set up the device apps are restored back to the device much quicker. Like in 1 minutes depends on # of apps and connection speed. I have over a 100 apps.
6. Emoji keyboard is fluid. The new emojis are welcomed. Now we just need colored ones.
7. Touch response is fixed. The vibration was off which caused typing errors. Been touched on before. Its not 100%. I say its 98%. Some issues with the keyboard input.
8. Better battery management and location management with 4.3
9. New Radios improved connectivity which help with battery life.
10. Project Butter was definitely the main focus of this update. Feels like a car that went in for a tune up and oil change. Tires are inflated. Depend how much mileage or the type of car results may vary. This is a nexus 4 experience
11. The camera takes much better pics now. Won't be a major difference but I see a difference. Almost there. Too much light exposure on the pics. Image processing can used some tweaks.
12. The screen calibration improved the colors of the icons. Screen issues are resolved. Glad to see a company work out the kinks. Device support is very important.
13. In the copy and paste section they got rid of the useless clipboard. Now its much cleaner
14. The gallery loads up quickly.
This is now the Best version of Android Yet! Device support is very important. #NexusOnly
1. The set as wallpaper has been fixed. The scaling dimension have been improved. It was very annoying to set wallpaper before via the gallery app. The pic used to come out blurry and washed out. The new UI is simple and clean.
2. The rich notifications are slightly different. Seems to be thinner and stretch across the screen.
3. The notification shade pull down and up animation is much faster.
4. The lag inside the widgets area is now fixed. It wasn't fixed in 4.1 or 4.2. Minor but good to see that fix.
5. The new set up screen is very well done. Also When you set up the device apps are restored back to the device much quicker. Like in 1 minutes depends on # of apps and connection speed. I have over a 100 apps.
6. Emoji keyboard is fluid. The new emojis are welcomed. Now we just need colored ones.
7. Touch response is fixed. The vibration was off which caused typing errors. Been touched on before. Its not 100%. I say its 98%. Some issues with the keyboard input.
8. Better battery management and location management with 4.3
9. New Radios improved connectivity which help with battery life.
10. Project Butter was definitely the main focus of this update. Feels like a car that went in for a tune up and oil change. Tires are inflated. Depend how much mileage or the type of car results may vary. This is a nexus 4 experience
11. The camera takes much better pics now. Won't be a major difference but I see a difference. Almost there. Too much light exposure on the pics. Image processing can used some tweaks.
12. The screen calibration improved the colors of the icons. Screen issues are resolved. Glad to see a company work out the kinks. Device support is very important.
13. In the copy and paste section they got rid of the useless clipboard. Now its much cleaner
14. The gallery loads up quickly.
This is now the Best version of Android Yet! Device support is very important. #NexusOnly
