Jelly Bean: What You Need to Know About Android 4.1

Hugo Barra, director of product management of Google, unveils Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" mobile operating system during Google I/O 2012 Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Photograph by Stephen Lam/Landov
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At its I/O conference, Google unveiled the next update to Android version 4.1, aka Jelly Bean. The update, which will first become available as an over-the-air download next month for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, brings a lot of nice improvements and some cool enhancements to search, notifications, and navigation.

There’s nothing earth-shattering, but with more than half of the market, Google just needs to keep refining the platform and to stay competitive with Apple. One of the biggest questions will be how long it will take for existing Android users to get 4.1, since only about 7 percent of them are on Ice Cream Sandwich.