Android 4.2: widgets lockscreen, panoramic photography, accounts for tablets

Google in his blog announced a new version of the operating system Android 4.2, which is operated new models of standard smartphones and tablets running updated software platform.

Like Android 4.1, introduced in June, Android 4.2 code-named Jelly Bean like jelly candy. It is very similar to its predecessor, but offers several new features.

First, users can install widgets on the lock screen. This could be done in earlier versions of the system, but only by external applications. Now this possibility is inherent in the OS.

Tablet Android 4.2 you can create multiple user accounts. Each account your preferences and its own set of applications and transition program in the background. When you switch to a different account, and can perform some functions such as checking for updates, but in general are inactive. In multiplayer mode smartphone is not included.

A complete list of new features Android 4.2:

• Stitch Photo Sphere;
• typing on a keyboard with gestures;
• improved lock screen (widgets and switch directly to the camera);
• expandable notification allowing directly perform activities;
• Scaling messages in Gmail with the ability to automatically reformat text;
• screensavers Daydream;
• Special features: triple click to enlarge the screen, forward and increase two fingers, speech output and the mode of navigation gestures for blind users;
• Miracast support for wireless display;
• Google Now Gmail can now be used as a source of data, improved support for assistance in flight, reservation of hotels and restaurants, and recommendations for movies and music, and other improvements. 

In OS now has a Photo Sphere. It allows users to create spherical panoramas from photos taken on the built-in mobile device camera. Previously staff allows only the creation of horizontal panoramas.

Another significant innovation is the new Android 4.2 touch pad based on gestures - you can slide your finger between letters, and the keyboard will evaluate the person is trying to type. A similar entry method for iOS app offers Swype. Devices on Android 4.2 allow you to broadcast video and YouTube videos on TV, provided that it supports Miracast.

As mentioned, Android 4.2 will be available on the Nexus 4 and 10, and will soon appear on devices like the Nexus-Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 as well as other Google Phone.