The best things about Android 3.1

[Bauxite]

I figured this needs a new thread since the others have been derailed by people trying to update!

1) Speed, finally a speedup! The lockscreen is faster, switching apps is faster, the browser is faster (scrolling/zooming/flash video/scrolling with flash video open) , the launcher is faster... I could go on and on about how fast it is now.

2) Smooth 720p flash video playback

3) Mouse support, tried it out and it works great!

4) Joystick support is cool but no apps seem to support it yet, it doesn't show up as a general input device as I had hoped, you have to specifically program for the joystick api I believe.

5) Resizable widgets! Even this operation is silky smooth

6) Scrollable app switching

 

[sKepz]

does it address the wifi driver leak? better yet, documentation or release notes on this update?

 

[JFMFT]

Nice post. Thanks for the information. I speak for nearly everyone who at this time hasn't received the update when I say I can't wait to get my hands on 3.1 on my rooted Xoom!

I, for one, am most excited about the following: resizable widgets, mouse support (btw - what kind of mouse are you using? bluetooth or usb/wired?), and most importantly the overall speed-up and bug fixes (such as smoother 720p video playback) across the entire Android Honeycomb OS.

Kudos to Google for knocking it out of the park with this one. Maybe nothing absolutely groundbreaking or super innovative, but all we really wanted anyway was a quality level of polish added to the amazing base OS we already had. That's what we're getting with 3.1. Yay.

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[JFMFT]

does it address the wifi driver leak? better yet, documentation or release notes on this update?

There's documentation/changelog posted on the Android developer blog. Look it up. It lists every change in paragraph, essay form (instead of the usuall bullet point list associated with most changelogs).


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[GorfinG]

how do you resize the Widgets? I've been trying this for an hour.

The quick launch controls for the browser have been updated as well. Very cool. You can scroll pages using the controls without having to scroll up the page.

 

[Bauxite]

how do you resize the Widgets? I've been trying this for an hour.

It only works on list widgets, like the email and bookmark widgets. Hold down on the widget like you're going to move it and then set it back down.

 

[dark_aura]

For those who had tested 3.1 in their Xoom's, there is a improvement in 720p & 1080p video files?

I have the Asus Transformer and wondering about that stuff, since the Xoom owners are the first receiving 3.1

 

[rjoudrey]

Any video hardware acceleration?

 

[Bauxite]

For those who had tested 3.1 in their Xoom's, there is a improvement in 720p & 1080p video files?

I have the Asus Transformer and wondering about that stuff, since the Xoom owners are the first receiving 3.1

I don't think that's any different, but I've only tried non high profile video. Still can't play .avi natively.

 

[GorfinG]

Thanks. Did anyone notice the Google stock movie app is no longer installed?

 

[Bauxite]

Thanks. Did anyone notice the Google stock movie app is no longer installed?

I've always only had the gallery app to play movies. The movie rental program is called 'videos'

Edit: Speaking of which, the Videos app has a 'Personal Videos' tab, which shows all of your videos in a nicer display than the gallery app... nice!

 

[GorfinG]

sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?

 

[lstrike]

I noticed the broken shortcut for movie studio on the desktop but then opened the apps drawer and the icon there opened it right up. Take a look see if it works for you.

 

[Bauxite]

sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?

I still have that app

 

[Bauxite]

sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?

I still have that app

 

[android_geoff]

is portrait mode slow or is there a speed increase?

also has the auto rotate sped up?

 

[Elysian893]

If 720p YouTube videos are this smooth in the browser, I can't wait to get an overclock kernel on this thing!

 

[rk-one]

Is there italian language in the 3.1 us rom?

 

[lilikin]

uk release?

When is this hitting the uk? Mine isn't available yet.

 

[e.mote]

>Is there italian language in the 3.1 us rom?

http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.1.html (scroll to bottom)