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It's true what they say times fly. Just six months that Android 4.0 was released and the running public have barely being touched by it. Guess some of us have to leap to Android 4.1. Google official pulled the wrapper off its new Android.

 One of the greatest feature is the project butter which focuses more on the performance and response time, improve CPU utilization. Google showed two Galaxy Nexus smartphones, one running Ice Cream Sandwich and the other Jelly Bean to demonstrate the huge difference that Project Butter makes. It's really quite impressive.

Easier photo sharing
Ice Cream Sandwich brought new camera capabilities to Android phones such as burst mode and snapping pictures while shooting video, which handset makers such as Samsung and HTC have certainly exploited. Now with Jelly Bean, Google will add a Filmstrip view for faster photo navigation. You can also crop photos for sharing, and swipe away images you can't stand with a quick finger motion to delete. It sounds good to me since I'd much rather perform minor edits on my phone than have to muck around with images on a full laptop system.

Better predictive keyboard
First let me say I actually like the stock Android keyboard, ever since Gingerbread. I've always appreciated how word suggestions are placed on top of the virtual keys and aren't forced on me through an autocorrect function. Google says though that it's made improvements to Jelly Bean's internal dictionary in an effort to be provide more accurate word-completion options.

For those of us that typing isn't our calling, two features that will ease the stress. 

Voice typing
Here's one of Jelly Bean's slickest improvements, something Google calls Voice Typing. Essentially you'll be able to dictate whole paragraphs to your Jelly Bean phone and it will dutifully jot down what you say, even punctuation marks. Now that's a smartphone function that could really come in handy -- if it works as advertised. Even better, Jelly Bean will place the tools needed to perform Voice Typing locally, so you'll be able to dictate offline and without a network connection. The most interesting part is you get to use it offline!

Voice search
With Voice Search it's clear Google is gunning for Apple's Siri in a big way. Google has had what it called Voice Actions for years, but Voice Search looks to be much more robust. While Voice Actions will launch some apps and initiate texts, e-mails, and Web searches, Voice Search seems to be intended to behave like a personal assistant, providing complete results in one central location.

   Android 4.1 Jelly bean will be released mid July. So look out for it!