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Google employee teases the Internet with Key Lime Pie comic

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean stepping out the door and onto devices, eyes are slowly focusing on Google to see what their next major mobile OS, rumoured to be called 'Key Lime Pie', is all about. Playing along these lines, Google employee Manu Cornet has drawn a comic on his Google+ profile showing the evolution of Android, and the last Android mascot is depicted eating a Key Lime Pie. This has prompted the Internet to go into a flurry and state that this is a confirmation that Google will indeed call its next mobile OS 'Key Lime Pie'. However, Cornet has dismissed this and stated that people should not read too much into it as the comic was drawn merely for fun.

Though it is widely speculated that Google will name its next Android OS Key Lime Pie, there is no confirmation regarding the same. It should also be noted that Cornet is part of the Gmail team and would not have much insight into the plans of the Android team, and hence you should take it with a pinch of salt.

The drawing as seen on the Google employee's Google+ profile

 However, if the next Android does turn out to be called Key Lime Pie, this would be the place where it's been first revealed.

Google announced the latest version of Android OS, 4.2, in late October, and like its predecessor it too was named Jelly Bean.

The camera app on Android 4.2 features what Google calls Photo Sphere, which enables users to take high resolution, 360-degree photographs on all axes, resulting in pictures that look very much like Google Street View. You will instantly be able to share the photograph on whatever medium you desire, including Google Maps, if you want to make the picture public.

The new keyboard on Android 4.2 also supports gesture-typing. This allows you to type out words by sliding your finger across the keyboard over letters that are part of the word, without having to tap individual letters on the screen. This is a lot like Nuance's Swype keyboard that's commonly found pre-installed on Samsung devices.

Another big feature in the new version is the ability to have multiple user profiles on tablets. This allows users to share their tablets without fear of their privacy being compromised due to another person using the same device. Users can have a separate profile with different accounts, settings and apps for different members of the family, for instance. Schools could use the same tablets for different children from different classes.

Another major feature of the latest version of Android is the update to Google Now, a service that Google introduced with Jelly Bean. The service now alerts you of flight and hotel recommendations, nearby attractions, photo spots, movie times, and concert timings. All this comes thanks to the new Knowledge Graph, which, according to Google, gives you more information on things you didn't even know you were looking for. While looking for websites, the new Knowledge Graph could lead you to more in-depth information on subjects that are closely related to your search.

The update will also add Miracast functionality to the Android platform. It will allow users to display the content playing on their screens to a TV, DVD Player, or any other device that supports Miracast. A trade name for Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast is an 802.11n compatible network for display-sharing.

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Nexus 7 Android 4.2 have more problem

NEXUS 7 USERS HAVE  MORE PROBLEMS WITH ANDROID 4.2

Jelly Bean might be the latest version of Android yet, but Nexus 7 owners who have updated from Android 4.1 are facing a bevy of problems, if posts on the the Android page on Google Code are anything to go by. Apparently, users are facing issues with performance and Google Talk after upgrading to Android 4.2. Some Nexus 10 users have also reported of facing similar issues.

Google hasn’t confirmed anything yet, but going by the posts on the XDA Developers forum, it seems the performance lag is caused by the Google Currents app. Now, we don’t have a Nexus 7 to actually test it out, but users are reporting that turning off the background sync on Google Currents and re-booting the device fixes the problem. Android 4.2 brings multi-user support for the first time to smartphones and tablets, with which users can create multiple user accounts and use the device as independent users with different IDs. But it seems even this feature is buggy. It appears the OS only allows users defined as the ‘Owner’ of the device to use Google Talk, whereas other users get an error message stating, "This version of Talk can be used only by the owner of the device." This may be due to the current Google Talk app not being compatible with multiple users. Google is yet to comment or acknowledge this issue.These are not the first bugs to be found on Android 4.2. It recently came to light that Google had forgotten to include Decemberin the People/Contacts app, which comes as a stock application in Android. Google has only added 11 months in the calendar year. After November 2012, comes January 2013.

However, Google quickly acknowledged the bug and is in the process of releasing a fix for it by dishing out a minor update in the form of Android 4.2.1 to certain Nexus devices to fix this bug. "We discovered a bug in the Android 4.2 update, which makes it impossible to enter December events in optional fields of the People app (this bug did not affect Calendar). Rest assured, this will be fixed soon so that those of you with December birthdays and anniversaries won't be forgotten by your friends and family," the company wrote in a post.Several posts on XDA forums suggest that the fix is currently available only for the latest Nexus devices such as the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10. However, one should expect other Nexus devices such as the Nexus 7 and the Galaxy Nexus to get the update soon enough.

According to posts by users of the latest Nexus devices, the update is just 1.1MB in size and the build is dubbed JOP40D. The major feature of this version is that it addresses the December event glitch that had been prevalent in the earlier build of Android 4.2. With this update, all other features remain the same as the previous version.