New features in Jelly Beans 4.1 (August 17, 2012)

1. Verbuzz Inc.

2. New Features
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Gesture Mode: For the blind users to efficiently navigate the UI with speech
output. Talkback, a screenreader supports gestures to navigate applications
Android Beam: Easily share your photos and videos. Easy pairing with
Bluetooth devices like headsets or speakers
Audio accessories: Support for USB audio docks
Browser – Improved performance, updated JavaScript engine, fast loading,
better HTML5 video support, supports vertical text
Calendar: More animations and easier navigation between the days,
notifications for upcoming events let you email all the guests w/o opening the
app with quick response messages, controls enabling consistent experience in
using the app

3. New Features 
Camera/ Gallery: More animations, animating with
visual feedback on your focus state, quickly review
photos w/o leaving the camera app
Data Usage: Intelligently enables or disables background
data usage on the SSID
Face Unlock: Faster, more accurate, improved face
matching accuracy by calibration, ‘blink’ to unlock and
tests the live person is unlocking instead of a photo

4. New Features
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Internationalization: Added support for bidirectional text and 16 international
input languages.
Keyboard: Custom keyboard input styles for more than 20 languages with
keymaps for QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY, Dvorak, Colemak and Pc styles
Messaging/ Talk: New notification styles for the incoming messages and talk
Notifications: Image preview notifications, touch-hold a notification to
identify the application and uninstall the application if needed
Networking: New setting that lets you stay on mobile data rather the nearby
Wi-Fi networks with poor connections

5. New Features 
News & Weather: Improve freshness and power
consumption
People: Retrieves high resolution photos for Google
contacts with public Google+ profiles. Reduced
duplicates
Phone: On missing a call, notification lets you to return
the call or send a message with single click. More
responsive call log. Visual voicemails can be played with
a single click

6. New Features
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Settings: Easily view the accounts that you are signed into on your device.
System: Reliable device encryption, override the ‘keep screen awake’ option
from developer settings
Voice Typing: New embedded speech recognizer lets you use voice typing
even w/o an internet connection
Widgets: Easy personalization on your home screen, automatic re-sizing when
the widgets are big, launching apps and returning back home are smoother
and faster
Google Search: Faster, long press the headset’s button to activate voice search ,
spoken answer for voice searches, recognize queries even with poor network

7. New Features 
Google Now: Eye Candy of Jelly Bean 4.1, just the right
information at the right time.
Weather Card – Weather for your current location and
destination
Traffic Card – Traffic conditions and alternate routes
Transit Card – What buses or trains are next?
Places Card – On the go, suggests nearby bars, restaurants and
places of interest
Flight Card – Flight delays and traffic conditions
Sports Card – Live Score, upcoming games, buy tickets
Currency Card – On the travel, check the local conversion rate
Translation Card – In a foreign country, quickly translate words
into local language

8. New Features
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Google + : New magazine layout, create and manage G+ events right from
your device, instant sharing of photos through party event, G+ a comment
w/o even opening the app
Maps: Support offline maps, select an area to cache and access it even when
you don’t have a data connection, compass mode for indoor views and
accurate street views, quick reviews with Zagat ratings built in, browse
Google offers to spot local deals, indoor walking directions
Currents: For editions that are in other languages, text can be translated into
preferred language

9. New Features 
Google Play: New set of recommendations widget with
content from people with similar tastes, things that are
popular in your local area. Dynamic library widget with
recent movies, books, magazines etc., Smart app updates
with better download, battery consumption
Google Play Books: Automatic text-to-speech settings
enabled for visually impaired

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Source: Google’s official change log for Jelly Beans
4.1
Link : G
http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/gle’s
official change lo