Users can also sync their Chrome bookmarks, and can also save a page for offline reading as well. The new web browser allows easy switching between multiple tabs, and also comes with an option to change the user agent. Ice Cream Sandwich also includes Facial recognition, which unlocks your phone upon detecting your lovely face. The keyboard has also been revamped, and is now much better at suggesting you words. The notification bar also comes with a new music player control. The notification bar is now directly accessible from the lock screen as well. Google has also revamped notifications in Android 4.0, and users can now dismiss individual notifications via just a simple swipe. The swipe gesture is also being used throughout Android 4.0, and even across system apps. Unlike the previous versions of Android, users can simply swipe an app to remove/stop it right from the multi-tasking UI in ICS. The multi-tasking UI has also been revamped, and looks similar to the UI found in Honeycomb. The virtual buttons rotate as the phone is rotated the phone, and even automatically hides itself when playing back video. Ice Cream Sandwich and Galaxy Nexus also come with virtual buttons, instead of the typical 3 or 4 buttons layout found on all other Android phones. The UI has a new magazine like style to it, and comes with subtle animations all over. However, it has been toned down to make it more pleasing.Īndroid 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich comes with ROBOTO, a font tailor made for Ice Cream Sandwich and Galaxy Nexus. This new version of Android includes lots of new features, and also comes with a redesigned UI.Īndroid 4.0 carries over the same blue Tron like style as found on Android 3.o Honeycomb.
By Rajesh Pandey | Tuesday, 18th Oct 2011Īlong with the Galaxy Nexus, Google also announced the next major version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.