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five new features in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
New OS version enables voice dictation feature no longer
needs network connection to
The new OS facilitates faster ways to search content on the
Internet, share photos between two phones and more has been promised as a part
of the next version of Google's Android operating system for mobile devices.
Here are the highlights of the new android 4.1 Jelly Bean:
1. Google Now
One of the new features in Android will be Google Now, which
is supposed to get you the right information at the right time automatically,
if you activate the feature. If you say "traffic," for example, it will
look at your usual commute to work and show you alternative routes if there's a
lot of traffic. It will tell you the scores of your favorite sports teams
automatically, and it will keep you up to date on the status of your flights if
you're traveling.
Google said the Google Now feature will get smarter as you
use it more. The feature represents Google's response to Siri, the popular
virtual assistant on Apple's iPhone.
2. Offline voice typing
Android has long included voice dictation feature but with Jelly
Bean, Google has taken it even further and it no longer needs network
connection to work. Yes, that means offline voice typing. The company's
engineers have shrunk the voice recognition engine significantly to make it fit
in a phone, unlike earlier when the whole processing used to take place of
Google servers.
Offline voice typing will be initially available in English
(US),
