Android 2.3 Released

Android OS platform's latest version 2.3 is out. The new version codenamed 'Gingerbread' includes many new platform technologies and APIs to help the developer community create awesome apps. The new version includes the following features:

• Enhancements for Game Development : A new Concurrent garbage collector has been added to improve overall responsiveness and to optimize the platform's overall event handling. The developers have been given native access to more parts of the system by exposing a broad set of native APIs. From native code, applications can now access input and sensor events, EGL/OpenGl ES, OpenSL ES and assets, as well a new framework for managing lifecycle and windows. Developers can now use new sensor types for precise motion processing, including gyroscope.

• Rich Multimedia:   Support for new video formats VP8 and WebM as well as support for AAC and AMR- wideband encoding have been added to provide a great multimedia environment for games and other applications. New audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization and bass boost.

• New forms of communication: Relief to video callers as the new version supports front-facing camera, SIP/VOIP and Near Field communications(NFC).

So if your Android phone is able to update to the newer version then go for it!!