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tagged: Google Announces Android Froyo 2.2
Google is continuing with it’s advancement of Android with the announcement last Thursday about the newest version, aptly named “Froyo” a short name for frozen yogurt (Google names Android after tasty treats).
The announcement is much more than a name change, Froyo is going to be bringing a ton of new features and a ton of bug and performance fixes which are going to make Android devices scream.
The biggest feature that was announced was overall speed improvement. Google is claiming Froyo is going to be faster on almost every level from boot time, application load time, and of course, browser speed.
Froyo is going to have the fastest mobile browser to date. Included in that browser will be Adobe Flash 10.1 support, sometime that has yet to make a solid impact on the smartphone category. Adobe really needs a win here for Flash, because if performance lacks on Froyo and Android, they can kiss other platforms goodbye as well.
Froyo is also going to include tethering by default, essentially putting the third party programs to do it out of business. Tethering will be both bluetooth, USB, and Wifi enabled according to most accounts (no confirmation yet from Google on a final changelog). You can expect most carriers in the U.S to disable this feature or charge a huge premium to use it.
Froyo will also feature over the air push app installation from your PC. You will be able to login to the App Market and browse it on your PC. From there, you can find applications you want to download and install and actually have them pushed to your phone automatically. Next time you pick up your phone the application will be installed on your device.
Applications will also now be able to be updated automatically, a frustration of mine with some apps being updated almost weekly, it is a pain to have to go through all of the menus to just get the latest version.
The launch box on Android 2.1 is also being slightly modified to include two buttons, one for the phone and one for the web browser. Sadly for me, the Droid has a horrid touch screen sensitivity, so I bet most Droid users will be frustrated by that fact.
There is going to be a ton of small bug fixes and changes in Froyo as well, including a new car dock interface that will add some different shortcuts, no more swipe to unlock (unless you want to) and you can now use a PIN instead, and small updates to Gmail and Calendar apps.
Below Some of the Unlocked Smart Phones listed which are running on Android.
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