What is Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0: news and features

Do you know Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich well? We continue with our series of articles on the section de frequently asked questions with the aim of responding and describing the most significant specifications of the Operating System Android.

On this occasion, we will detail the characteristics of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which was the ninth version of the most popular operating system in smartphones y Tablets.

This version was released on October 19, 2011 through the Galaxy Nexus from Samsung. changes in the design of the interface compared to its predecessor (Android 3.x Honeycomb) and different specs techniques they were a great evolution from Android. Let's see them.

Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich, features and functions

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Interface

Su interface provided significant improvements compared to 3.x, the main novelty being the inclusion of the so-called botones soft, three digital buttons that appear and disappear from the screen depending on the possibilities and navigation options of the operating system or programs.

In addition, the possibility of adding nuevas folders of applications or games from the desktop, simply by clicking drag y release one app over the other.

Security, facial recognition and other improvements

Another impressive improvement mobile system, involved the incorporation of recognition Facial for unlocking the phone, which allows users to use this curious system to make the device operational again.

In this sense, Ice Cream Sandwich allowed for the first time to access at applications directly from the screen de blocking. It also made it possible to view notifications without having to unlock the terminal, which is undoubtedly a very convenient function for the device user.

And also, to end this field, since the 4.0.x unlock screen directly allowed access to the camera de photos.

Regarding this important element in today's smartphones, the photo camera, Ice Cream Sandwich, incorporated suggestive novelties: greater speed and accessibility to capture, new filters and artistic effects for photographs and the possibility of making compositions panoramic in a Automatic.

Among the functionalities provided by 4.0.x, the notable improvement of the proofreader orthographic and a redesign of the text copy and paste options. In addition, it allowed for the first time to be able to carry out a control of the volume of transfer de data without the need to install applications, allowing users to control their spending and not be shocked by bills.

Finally, we highlight the new way of presenting the applications, with direct access to the widgets available, being customizable and having scroll.

Ice Cream Sandwich presented these four revisions:

• 4.0.1 (19-10-2011)
• 4.0.2 (29-11-2011)
• 4.0.3 (16-12-2011)
• 4.0.4 (29-03-2012)

After this version, it happened 4.1 Android Jelly Bean, which was released on July 9, 2012.

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