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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean source code going live today

Jelly bean

The amount of days you have to wait until your device (hopefully) gets Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has become significantly shorter. Thanks to Android’s Open Source Project head Jean-Baptiste Queru announcing the code is going live on the open source website, today!

What this means is that the base level OS code is available to all developers and manufacturers to add their own bloatware layer on top to suit their specific hardware, ie. TouchWiz for Samsung, or Sense for HTC.

Initially the announced “launch” partner hardware being Nexus 7, Nexus, Nexus S and Motorola Xoom will be the first with source binaries available. However, it shouldn’t take long for the major players to get Jelly Bean out into the wild and on to your favourite ‘Droid.

HTC and Samsung have both stated their flagship devices will be the first in line to receive the update as they didn’t want to keep their flagship customers waiting.

You can see Jean-Baptiste’s post below and keep on top of all of the breaking Android 4.1 AOSP updates on the Android Building Google Group topic.

What are you most looking forward to from Android 4.1 Jelly Bean? Let us know in the comments section below!

 Source: Engadget

Written by : Nathan is a life long Droider who masquerades as an IT Consultant by day and Tech Blogger by night. Nathan loves pushing his Droids to the limit and letting the world know about it.
  • http://www.digitaltree.org/ durga

    Good to Know this.

  • http://androidaustralia.com.au Josh Berg

    Can’t wait for Google to start releasing the source code 3-4 months early for OEMs and others to start preparing.