Google open sources Android 4.2 | Linux Today

Google open sources Android 4.2

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 14, 2012

New features in Android 4.2 include increased performance for the platform’s Renderscript 3D graphics API, the ability to modify widgets so that they can be placed on a device’s lock screen, and improved internationalisation support. Some Android 4.2 devices can also drive more than one external screen and have the ability to target different content at each screen separately. Until now, Android was only able to mirror the contents of the main display on external screens.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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