ROOT PACKAGE 4.1 - 4.2.1
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· Smoother user interface:
· Vsync timing across all drawing and animation done by the Android framework, including application rendering, touch events, screen composition and display refresh
· Triple buffering in the graphics pipeline
· Enhanced accessibility
· Bi-directional text and other language support
· User-installable keyboard maps
· Expandable notifications
· Ability to turn off notifications on an app specific basis
· Shortcuts and widgets can automatically be re-arranged or re-sized to allow new items to fit on home screens
· Bluetooth data transfer for Android Beam
· Offline voice dictation
· Tablets with smaller screens now use an expanded version of the interface layout and home screen used by phones.
· Improved voice search
· Improved camera app
· Google Wallet (for the Nexus 7)
· High-resolution Google+ contact photos
· Google Now voice assistant and search application
· Multichannel audio
· USB audio (for external sound DACs)
· Audio chaining (also known as gapless playback)
· Stock Android browser is replaced with the Android mobile version of Google Chrome in devices with Android 4.1 preinstalled
· Ability for other launchers to add widgets from the app drawer without requiring root access
· Fixed a bug on the Nexus 7 regarding the inability to change screen orientation in any application
· Lock/home screen rotation support for the Nexus 7
· One-finger gestures to expand/collapse notifications
· Bug fixes and performance enhancements
· "Photo Sphere" panorama photos
· Keyboard with gesture typing (this feature is also available for Android 4.0 and later via the Google Keyboard app)
· Lock screen improvements, including widget support and the ability to swipe directly to camera
· Notification power controls ("Quick Settings")
· "Daydream" screensavers, showing information when idle or docked
· Multiple user accounts (tablets only)
· Support for wireless display (Miracast)
· Accessibility improvements: triple-tap to magnify the entire screen, pan and zoom with two fingers. Speech output and Gesture Mode navigation for blind users
· New clock app with built-in world clock, stop watch and timer
· All devices now use the same interface layout, previously adapted from phones on 4.1 for smaller tablets (with centered software buttons, the system bar at the top of the screen, and a home screen with a dock and centered application menu), regardless of screen size
· Increased number of extended notifications and Actionable Notifications for more apps, allowing users to respond to certain notifications within the notification bar and without launching the app directly
· SELinux
· Always-on VPN
· Premium SMS confirmation
· Group Messaging
· Fixed a bug in the People app where December was not displayed on the date selector when adding an event to a contact
· Added Bluetooth gamepads and joysticks as supported HID
· Vsync timing across all drawing and animation done by the Android framework, including application rendering, touch events, screen composition and display refresh
· Triple buffering in the graphics pipeline
· Enhanced accessibility
· Bi-directional text and other language support
· User-installable keyboard maps
· Expandable notifications
· Ability to turn off notifications on an app specific basis
· Shortcuts and widgets can automatically be re-arranged or re-sized to allow new items to fit on home screens
· Bluetooth data transfer for Android Beam
· Offline voice dictation
· Tablets with smaller screens now use an expanded version of the interface layout and home screen used by phones.
· Improved voice search
· Improved camera app
· Google Wallet (for the Nexus 7)
· High-resolution Google+ contact photos
· Google Now voice assistant and search application
· Multichannel audio
· USB audio (for external sound DACs)
· Audio chaining (also known as gapless playback)
· Stock Android browser is replaced with the Android mobile version of Google Chrome in devices with Android 4.1 preinstalled
· Ability for other launchers to add widgets from the app drawer without requiring root access
· Fixed a bug on the Nexus 7 regarding the inability to change screen orientation in any application
· Lock/home screen rotation support for the Nexus 7
· One-finger gestures to expand/collapse notifications
· Bug fixes and performance enhancements
· "Photo Sphere" panorama photos
· Keyboard with gesture typing (this feature is also available for Android 4.0 and later via the Google Keyboard app)
· Lock screen improvements, including widget support and the ability to swipe directly to camera
· Notification power controls ("Quick Settings")
· "Daydream" screensavers, showing information when idle or docked
· Multiple user accounts (tablets only)
· Support for wireless display (Miracast)
· Accessibility improvements: triple-tap to magnify the entire screen, pan and zoom with two fingers. Speech output and Gesture Mode navigation for blind users
· New clock app with built-in world clock, stop watch and timer
· All devices now use the same interface layout, previously adapted from phones on 4.1 for smaller tablets (with centered software buttons, the system bar at the top of the screen, and a home screen with a dock and centered application menu), regardless of screen size
· Increased number of extended notifications and Actionable Notifications for more apps, allowing users to respond to certain notifications within the notification bar and without launching the app directly
· SELinux
· Always-on VPN
· Premium SMS confirmation
· Group Messaging
· Fixed a bug in the People app where December was not displayed on the date selector when adding an event to a contact
· Added Bluetooth gamepads and joysticks as supported HID