Results 1 to 12 of 12

Thread: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

  1. #1
    HEXUS.admin
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    31,709
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    2,060 times in 719 posts

    News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    Much like iOS 6 - a streamlined experience - though in a different way.
    Read more.

  2. #2
    Laird Of The Glen jimborae's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    I come from a land of plenty......not
    Posts
    3,419
    Thanks
    248
    Thanked
    350 times in 288 posts
    • jimborae's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Pro
      • CPU:
      • Core i7 9700K@4.7Ghz
      • Memory:
      • Team Group DDR-3000 32Gig
      • Storage:
      • 1x Samsung 870 Evo 500Gb SSD, 1 x WD Red 4TB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Gigabyte Radeon 5700XT watercooled
      • PSU:
      • XFX 850W Black Edition
      • Case:
      • Phantek Enthoo Prime
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • 2 xDell 24"
      • Internet:
      • PlusNet 70Mb

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    Looks like a welcome update but I doubt many Now features will work outside the U.S. for a long while and the UI still needs a lot of improvement.

  3. #3
    Seething Cauldron of Hatred TheAnimus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    17,164
    Thanks
    803
    Thanked
    2,152 times in 1,408 posts

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    Have to say a lot of that second video, looks kinda like Metro....
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

  4. #4
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    Kingdom of Fife (Scotland)
    Posts
    4,991
    Thanks
    393
    Thanked
    220 times in 190 posts
    • crossy's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS Sabertooth X99
      • CPU:
      • Intel 5830k / Noctua NH-D15
      • Memory:
      • 32GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4
      • Storage:
      • 500GB Samsung 850Pro NVMe, 1TB Samsung 850EVO SSD, 1TB Seagate SSHD, 2TB WD Green, 8TB Seagate
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Asus Strix GTX970OC
      • PSU:
      • Corsair AX750 (modular)
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster HAF932 (with wheels)
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro 64bit, Ubuntu 16.04LTS
      • Monitor(s):
      • LG Flattron W2361V
      • Internet:
      • VirginMedia 200Mb

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    Quote Originally Posted by jimborae View Post
    Looks like a welcome update but I doubt many Now features will work outside the U.S. for a long while and the UI still needs a lot of improvement.
    I'm going to argue both of those statements - first up, the blurb for Now says that it's merely a "reimagining" (ugh!) of existing data, in which case if you can access that info now then all Now's going to bring is easier/faster access. Although all that "predictive" stuff to me says "more data usage".
    Secondly, what's the beef with the UI? I've been using ICS for a good while now (first Asus's version, now Samsung's) and it seems pretty intuitive to me. Pretty rapid too - which is definitely a good thing! I'm very sure it's no more difficult to use overall than the latest iOS.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    Have to say a lot of that second video, looks kinda like Metro....
    Or - dare I say it - like webOS? Which would go someway to explaining what those webOS developers who left HP to join Google are up to now.

    All in all not exactly "exciting" - e.g. any mention of "siri-like features" aren't exactly a plus point as far as I'm concerned. But I like (very much) the idea of the speed increases and reduction in memory foot print.

    Just hope Samsung are quick to ship a ROM for the SIII of this, (and it'd be nice if Asus could do a TF101 ROM too - but that's just too much to even hope for).

    Career status: still enjoying my new career in DevOps, but it's keeping me busy...

  5. #5
    boop, got your nose stevie lee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    southport
    Posts
    2,670
    Thanks
    414
    Thanked
    422 times in 318 posts
    • stevie lee's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F Gaming
      • CPU:
      • Ryzen 3600 (stock cooler)
      • Memory:
      • 16 GB Corsair 3600 MHZ Cas 18
      • Storage:
      • Crucial 250GB BX500, Hitachi 640GB + 1TB. WDblue 2TB, Crucial M500 240GB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • sapphire 7700
      • PSU:
      • bluestorm II 400w
      • Case:
      • Xigmatech Midgard
      • Operating System:
      • Win 10 Home
      • Monitor(s):
      • 22" Samsung SM2233BW
      • Internet:
      • 20mb plusnet unlimited!

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    so combining all these new google features theyve been working on. the cat detction computer, predictive keyboard inputing and google.now. will your android device now just randomly show you cat pictures (which are actually pictures of cups or a dog) and say to you:

    "heres a cat, i know you wanted to look at a cat, i'm going to show you what i tell you are cats and i know you want to type 'show me cats' constantly, ooh look at the pretty cat."

    and because of the google.butter guessing where your fingers are, you cant turn any of these things off because your android device doesnt think you want to.


    just to summarise. cats are evil.



    seriously though.

    are all these new improvements going to have a noticeable effect on battery life?
    e.g. a device that lasted 7 hours on 4.0 now only lasts 6 hours with all the predictive features turned on?

  6. #6
    Oh Crumbs.... Biscuit's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    N. Yorkshire
    Posts
    11,193
    Thanks
    1,394
    Thanked
    1,091 times in 833 posts
    • Biscuit's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSI B450M Mortar
      • CPU:
      • AMD 2700X (Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3)
      • Memory:
      • 16GB Patriot Viper 2 @ 3466MHz
      • Storage:
      • 500GB WD Black
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X
      • PSU:
      • Seasonic Focus Gold 750W
      • Case:
      • Lian Li PC-V359
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 x64
      • Internet:
      • BT Infinity 80/20

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    wonder when it will come to existing ICS devices... i want it.

    I would also like to point out that THIS is how updates should be labelled. a few features added with a decimal point in the name rather than just throwing a whole new number its way. A complete overhaul would be the point where you say this is version 5.

    I honestly hope they keep doing it that way as it just seems more professional and less deceiving to me.

  7. #7
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Posts
    10
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    0 times in 0 posts

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    I have this on my Galaxy Nexus now, courtesy of a few propellerheads over at XDA. The simplest way to get now it is to install ROM Manager, I spent an hour or so messing about with CWM and Fastboot to get this thing going.

    Anyway, the result is pretty impressive. The Google Now voice search is comparable to Siri, the 'cards' that it shows you look to be really useful, for example if you have a calendar entry with a location then it will alert you if the traffic his heavy and you might need extra travelling time.

    The UI is smoother, the Project Butter seems to have worked well. There are small updates to the Google apps that are quite nice (though these aren't strictly JB features).

    I was seriously thinking if getting an iPhone 5 in the Autumn but now it's not so clear cut. I have an iPad and wanted the nice integration, like with the Podcasts app where it syncs your listening position. There is life in the Galaxy Nexus yet...

  8. #8
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Posts
    358
    Thanks
    9
    Thanked
    14 times in 12 posts
    • Nobull's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSI H67MA-E45
      • CPU:
      • Intel i5 2400
      • Memory:
      • 4GB Corsair Value Select 1333mhz
      • Storage:
      • Corsair F60 SSD + 2.5TB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • HD6950 2GB
      • PSU:
      • CM Silent Pro Gold 600W
      • Case:
      • CM Elite 370
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • Samsung Syncmaster P2450

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    Still waiting for 4.0 on my Desire HD! Will probably never see this!

  9. #9
    Technojunkie
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Up North
    Posts
    2,580
    Thanks
    239
    Thanked
    213 times in 138 posts

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    Biggest news was the pricing of their nexus tablet running 4.1:

    Just £159 for a quad core Tegra 3 cpu, 1GB ram and 1280x800 IPS 7" display and 8GB storage.

    https://play.google.com/store/device...id=nexus_7_8gb

    [edit] thread here
    http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/2...elly-bean.html
    Last edited by mikerr; 28-06-2012 at 10:14 PM.
    Chrome & Firefox addons for BBC News
    Follow me @twitter

  10. #10
    HSK
    HSK is offline
    Over Worked & Under Paid HSK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    West London
    Posts
    2,369
    Thanks
    451
    Thanked
    139 times in 111 posts
    • HSK's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus Z87-Pro Socket 1150 DVI HDMI DisplayPort 8-channel Audio ATX Motherboard
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50GHz Socket 1150 8MB Cache
      • Memory:
      • Corsair Vengeance LP Memory CML16GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3
      • Storage:
      • Seagate 2TB BARRACUDA 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache X 2 + Samsung 256GB 840 Pro SSD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Point Of View 8800GTS 512mb PCIE DVI
      • PSU:
      • Corsair Professional AX860 Fully Modular 80 PLUS Platinum 860W PSU
      • Case:
      • Corsair Graphite 600T Mesh Black Case
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 8.1
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell UltraSharp U2713HM 69cm (27")
      • Internet:
      • Plus.net

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    Quote Originally Posted by Biscuit View Post
    wonder when it will come to existing ICS devices... i want it.

    I would also like to point out that THIS is how updates should be labelled. a few features added with a decimal point in the name rather than just throwing a whole new number its way. A complete overhaul would be the point where you say this is version 5.

    I honestly hope they keep doing it that way as it just seems more professional and less deceiving to me.
    iirc, they've mentioned a mid july - august ota update

    *edit, this refers to the nexus devices though!

  11. #11
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Posts
    10
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    0 times in 0 posts

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    I have it on my Galaxy Nexus, the Google Now stuff is useful in the UK - a real world example for you...

    I was away from home on a camping trip, Google Now placed a notification in the notification area to warn me about heavy traffic on the way home. It correctly guessed my home location (it asked me to confirm), then proceeded to tell me which road had the bad traffic...

  12. #12
    HSK
    HSK is offline
    Over Worked & Under Paid HSK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    West London
    Posts
    2,369
    Thanks
    451
    Thanked
    139 times in 111 posts
    • HSK's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus Z87-Pro Socket 1150 DVI HDMI DisplayPort 8-channel Audio ATX Motherboard
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50GHz Socket 1150 8MB Cache
      • Memory:
      • Corsair Vengeance LP Memory CML16GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3
      • Storage:
      • Seagate 2TB BARRACUDA 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache X 2 + Samsung 256GB 840 Pro SSD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Point Of View 8800GTS 512mb PCIE DVI
      • PSU:
      • Corsair Professional AX860 Fully Modular 80 PLUS Platinum 860W PSU
      • Case:
      • Corsair Graphite 600T Mesh Black Case
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 8.1
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell UltraSharp U2713HM 69cm (27")
      • Internet:
      • Plus.net

    Re: News - Google outs Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean', but what's new?

    ^ yea I really like those feature.

    Stuck it on the phone last night, doing good so far. The voice instructions worked well for me, but not when my mate gave commands.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •