Android Key Lime Pie 4.2
New version of Android operating system has been spotted. According to some other reports, Google has codenamed the Android 4.2 as Key Lime Pie.expecting to see the launch of Google’s upcoming operating system, Key Lime Pie. To some extent the speculations about the next version have been put to rest. Reports suggest that Google’s Key Lime Pie will be Android 4.2 and not Android 5.0. According to a report released by the Android Authority, the Android 4.2 operating system has been spotted in the server logs. The report further claimed that Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Sony Xperia Arc S were used to test Android 4.2 operating system.
Quoting Google Analytics, the website said that it has found a number of smartphones and tablets with Android 4.2 which were used to access its website. Among the phones that are reported to have tested with Android 4.2 were the Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Sony Xperia Arc S and even the entry level Samsung Galaxy Y.
Notably, the current advanced version of Android operating system – the Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean – has been rolled out only for couple of devices. Infact, the relatively older Android ICS operating system is also to be rolled out for a majority of Android devices.
Previously, we reported that Google is planning to bring the next version of its Android operating system, code-named Key Lime Pie bundled with its Nexus 2 smartphone this fall. Google had introduced the earlier versions of its Android operating system like Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Galaxy Nexus smartphone in 2011 and Nexus 7 tablet in 2012 respectively.
We can expect to see a Metro UI in the upcoming Android version with pages of coloured panes, each housing a link to an app widget more like the Windows Phone 8 user interface with added flexibility. Key Lime Pie may bring in real time multi-tasking in smartphones and tablets as the experience of switching between apps cannot really be called multitasking. It’s more like ‘carrying on from where you left off.’
We can also expect Key Lime Pie to bring in more multimedia codec plug-in support as Android’s native video support is patchy. Things have improved with Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean but we expect more from the next version.
urrently, most Android devices are based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. If released, than Android 4.2 would be the version. The older versions of Android are namely – Android 2.1 Eclair, Android 2.2 Froyo, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Android 3.0 Honeycomb, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the Android 4.1 Jelly Bea
