Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), was officially introduced by Google in late 2012. The first Gadget which are using this operating system is Google Nexus. Several fixes and feature additions done to refine the Google Android operating system in order to remain the operating system most widely used by the users of the current gadget.
What are the advantages of this latest Android ICS? The following are the advantages of Ice Cream Sandwich and the new features it has.
Beautiful Design
This Android has a much different appearance than Gingerbread. It looks more elegant, and features a more enriched and interactive notification. Google also do repairs with a new font optimized for HD displays. The display interface also looks more organized. In this latest version of Android, the user can see the latest applications, recently opened and can be multi-tasking in opening of apps. The appearance view of this recent apps looks like on Honeycomb.
Home-screen in Ice Cream Sandwich now has a widget that can be adjusted in size. Then, a new feature done on the home screen is able to create folders, as well as the action bar that can be customized quickly.
Browser
Significant change lies in the browser view. The browser is able to open up to 16 tabs. Generally we sometimes display more interest in the desktop version of a site and what we do is eliminate the subdomain "m." In the url browser or look for the link 'desktop view' on a site, but with android version ICS we need not bother doing it that, simply select the option - full screen, we will get the desktop version of the website.
Mobile Data
Actually, this feature is already in the android version ever, that we may disable your mobile data to avoid unwanted charges from your wireless carrier. We can also look at the monthly chart we use the data, but the difference here is more specific control. We can see what applications are best spend our internet quota. When found, we can also limit the quota for the relevant application.
Face Unlock
This Android's latest operating system make improvements to existing features and adding new features. The "Face Unlock", the Galaxy Nexus can recognize your face, and you can unlock (unlock) the identification of faces.
Google+
In addition, Ice Cream Sandwich comes with Google+. Sophisticated, you could do a teleconference with up to ten people with the Hangout feature in Google+.
Instant voice
Now you can press the voice command and begin speaking, but the text instantly appears when you're still talking. This is different from previous Android, iOS as well, who did it in stages.
Android Beam
This feature is a feature based on NFC technology. With NDEF Push technology, two Android phones that use NFC technology can exchange data and information. So with just to tap, then contact, webpage, video, or music can be transferred, just like using bluetooth.