Hasta La Gadget!

This week Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was introduced at Google I/O 2012, with a full update of your homescreen interface. This update will increase your ability to move elements around in several ways, with automatic moving of icons when they’re in the way, automatic resizing of widgets when they do not fit, and pushes back and forth in a much easier way. This update will come to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus first, and will be pushed ot the rest of the Android world soon.

This update to Jelly Bean includes elements from all around the Android device, including Bluetooth, accessibility, and language updates across the board. The camera has been boosted, there’s Voice Recognition offline, and more! Stick around all day and week to see all of our I/O 2012 action, and hit the timeline below for more Jelly Bean as well!

Jelly Bean boosts homescreen workability is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The developer conference known as Google I/O that’s going on this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, is home to several traditions, one of which is now de-coding the official t-shirt given out to all attendees. As it turns out, this year’s shirt is not only super-fashionable, it’s also displaying a bit of actual coding language on the butt. This code runs a string of commands and rules that creates a fun little bit of digital excellence right inside the Google universe, and it’s all so simple.

What you see above and below is the t-shirt as it’s given away to developers and press affiliates at the door. The other shirts have the same design but are different colors like blue and green. The front of the shirt shows a series of widget-like mechanical bits, and the back has a code which can be inserted into the Google I/O Input / Output machine that was revealed several weeks ago in preparation for the convention.

Creating one Yellow Trampoline will set this flat set of lines and levers up in the corner of your screen. From there you can pull the gadget down and move it around until you’re satisfied with its placement, and you can start the launch! Have a peek at our solution here: [SlashGear’s Google I/O T-Shirt Solution] – make a few and bounce away!

Be sure to stick around the whole week for more Google I/O action as it unfolds across the Google developer universe. Stick to the Android portal for all things Google mobile, too!

Google I/O 2012 t-shirt code broken instantly is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Less than 24 hours before the biggest Google developer event of the year, Google I/O 2012, over at the Googleplex the newest Android software version has been revealed: Jelly Bean. Just as suspected due to leaks, tips, and the fact that each of the treats thus far have been alphabetically inserted, Jelly Bean will come right after the update that’s live now: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Now we’ve just got to figure out what version number this treat corresponds with, and of course what the actual software updates will be.

We’ll be at Google I/O 2012 all week long bringing you updates on this software as well as everything else Android, Chrome, and Google’s online apps as well. I/O is an event that’s not to be missed by all Google-loving developers as well as seekers of the next big things in the mobile universe. Have a peek at our Jelly Bean timeline below to see everything that relates to what we’ve seen thus far of this ghost of an operating system as well.

The photo above comes from Google Developers on Google+, another fabulous place to check out our updates on this event at SlashGear+. And of course stay up to date through our Google I/O 2012 portal all week as we bring the updates as quick as a bunny from all corners of the software-sphere. Also don’t forget the hardware – we’ve already seen a glimpse of what very well may be the tablet that’ll be revealed this week, Nexus style – stay tuned!

UPDATE: Nothing new has been revealed on the contents of the software, but the statue has apparently been continuing to get updated throughout the day. As far as Google’s Louis Gray can show, this may well be the same Android we know and love, just filled with a few more sweets than before – it’s symbolism!

Android Jelly Bean statue appears at Googleplex [UPDATE] is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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