Android Jelly Bean 4.2

Pros:
- Photo Sphere, a new experience in taking pictures
- Photo Editing Tool: a complete, fast and reliable.
- New features, new experiences.

Disadvantages:
- Pause the rotation of the camera position for 1-2 seconds
- Use Photo Sphere is quite difficult

Highlights:
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is an improvement over the previous version 4.1. Although the code name is the same but a lot of new experiences that can be felt in Android 4.2 is: Photo Sphere, photo editing tools, typing gesture, and so forth. Google has also released a 4.2.1 update to eliminate bugs December and several other enhancements.
Jakarta, CHIP.co.id - It has been a month since Android 4.2 Jelly Bean officially launched by Google, and can be downloaded from their official website. Some users of the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 in Indonesia has tried Android 4.2 is. There are various rumors, good or bad about the new OS: photo sphere, multiple login, bugs in a variety of features, wasteful battery consumption, and so on. Once we tried the direct performance, here we provide the results of the review:

Overview

Android 4.2 still using the name Jelly Bean. Google has not given the new name of the series K on Android recently. Clearly we can guess that the Android 4.2 is not much different from its predecessor, Android 4.1, which also uses the code name Jelly Bean.

Few recall, changes occur from the Ice Cream Sandwich, Google has pinned Google Now and Butter Project in the Jelly Bean. Of course, both these enhanced features in Android 4.2. Some new cards added to the Google Now, as well as improved performance Jelly Bean, although in a few features, many users have complained performance is slower. Google has released Android 4.2.1 which we also discuss in the second part of the article.


Well, significant changes in Android Jelly Bean 4.2 is going to the following:

1. UI



Quick Settings Panel, Lock Screen Widget and Gesture Typing

Quick Settings panel can be accessed by rubbing your smartphone using two fingers from the notification bar down or click on the button at the top right of the Notification Panel. This panel contains shortcuts to access some of the basic settings required, namely Profile, Brightness, shortcut to Settings, WiFi, Data Usage, Battery Usage, Airplane, Bluetooth and Alarm.

In this section you can change the user profile by utilizing features multiple user login system, which was implemented on the Android 4.2. Unfortunately, this feature ONLY applies to versions of the tablet (as is on Nexus Nexus 7 and 10), so that Android phone users who are looking forward this feature may be disappointed.

Lock Screen undergo significant changes. Key icon in the middle, now only serves to open the lock screen only. Google Shortcuts Now scroll down, while the camera shortcut changed to lock screen widget.

Not just a camera, this time you can add a widget on the lockscreen like Calendar, Clock, Gmail, Messaging, and a few other 3rd party applications that have been developed this widget function. Some public opinion says that this feature is not particularly useful.

We believe that Google makes this feature for users additional fairly tight lock system secures gadgetnya wear. With this feature, other users can use applications such as camera and flashlight (flashlight) without the need to open the lock system, whereas other applications open lock system need confirmation first.

Unfortunately we detected a bug in the lock screen, because a few times when we press the lock / unlock, screen cover but then came back on the position of the lock-screen (this is expected to occur if the device experienced a fair amount / high). It makes us have to press lock button again to turn off the display considering the display is consuming battery dominant.

Gesture typing (or also known as Swype) is a feature that has been implemented in many other Android mod, and this time I participated include it in Android 4.2. You can sort the word without typing, just need to rub a finger through the letters of the word you want to arrange.

For those of you who heard the rumor that the gesture was only able to detect typing English, we were a little to bring the good news that the gesture typing using the dictionary contained in the system, so you can save a few words in the Indonesian language, often you write, and you can use gestures typing to invoke the word.

2. Clock, Timer & Stopwatch



Clock & International Time, Timer, Stopwatch

Google adds international time display, timer, stopwatch and alarm design change. These new features are quite interesting, even timer and stopwatch functions can be monitored via the notification panel.





3. Camera Apps

Android Application camera this time a very significant change. Camera settings can be executed by holding touch focus. The settings for flash, exposure and white balance became very accessible. Zooming feature has now changed from a slider to pinch-to-zoom.



Some of the questions raised in the public is about the features High Dynamic Range (HDR). Key features of these lies between the camera and flash change, but relies on hardware features of the camera so that ONLY appear on the device that the camera has the ability to take this HDR image. For example, the Galaxy Nexus does not get HDR feature.

In addition, when the camera is rotated from landscape to portrait or vice versa, the delay occurs for 1-2 seconds, which is very annoying. It has already protested the users because the Android 4.1, did not happen this break.



Of course not only that. Google has also added a feature Photo Sphere, which is a feature of Android 4.2 is final. Photo Sphere lets you take a full 360 degree panoramic image.

This feature got very good feedback from the users of Android that has been successfully tried. We, too excited in trying this feature because in addition we can take pictures with a new experience, we can also contribute to the panorama I upload photos via the internet.



However, it should be noted that you take 360 ​​degree images is not easy! First, it took a long time to take the overall picture (you have enough anti-shy to shoot to different points while slowly rotating in place).

Secondly, if you take the angle changes, then the results are going to look a lot lines or objects that do not fit into place.

Thirdly, during the process of shooting that we did with the dual-core processor Android, there are some lag, even often times we tried to screenshot the shot but failed (the screenshot to crash when opened).

Thus, training makes perfect. We also have yet to find the best angle in this sphere photo retrieval until a review is conducted (fyi: have 5 times the test photo shooting sphere).

Some points we found, such as: taking pictures with landscape position will make a big hole in the top and bottom of the image, and better use of the portrait position. Taking pictures with the portrait position generally consists of five levels-vertical, 15 horizontal dots in the middle level and 5 points on the horizontal highs and lows. Objects much easier and more difficult to close objects captured perfectly. We will continue to try Photo Sphere, and provides a further update.

Curious Pictures sphere result is like what? Click the image below to see the photos we've taken.



Sample results Photo Sphere

 4. Gallery Photo Editing Tool

In our opinion, Photo Editing Tool is the most steady change. Compared with Jelly Bean 4.1, Google has added features in this tool, so you almost do not need another photo editing tool.

Features offered very comprehensive, ranging from 9 choices Filter; 6 choices Border / Frame, 4 Transform Tool (Straighten, Crop, Rotate and Mirror), Color Effect (Autocolor, Exposure, Vignette, Contrast, Shadows, Vibrance, Sharpness, Curves, Hue, Saturation, BW Filter), unfortunately there is no additional text features.

You can see the difference in editing of the original image by rubbing image, and you can even access the History of the editing that you do from the menu or a swab from the right of the screen. Photo Editing Tool combines the functionality as Instagram and simple Photoshop Android devices.

It is interesting that we highlight curves can be set in the Red, Green, Blue and RGB (all of them), on the other hand, it is unfortunate that the resolution factor Crop only offered in 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 5:7, 7:5, None (no resolution factor), and Original (original resolution factor). We were a little hope for 3:2 and 16:9 are quite often used as image size, though indeed we can use the manual option with no resolution factor.



Filter Selection, Selection Border, Transform



Color Effects, History, Curves (Example Photo Effect)



5. Gmail

For Gmail users are active, there are two new functions which are very helpful in the Gmail 4.2. First, a conversation swipping feature list, by default emails in inbox will go to the archive if you rub into the side, while in places / other labels are erased (into the trash). Secondly, if you activate the Auto-fit messages, you'll be able to pinch-to-zoom in the email.



New Gmail Features



6. Developer Options

You often use the Developer Options may be surprised that the menu was missing in 4.2. By default the developer menu options are installed in a state of false by Google. However, you can still reactivate it by accessing the menu Settings> About phone> Build number. Build Touch 7 times part number, you will get a notification, and developer options will re-appear in place of the original, and there are some new menu in it, such as Force 4x MSAA, Simulate secondary displays and more.



Bug December, Battery Myths and Other Bug-bug



As seen in the picture above, in December had gone on Android 4.2. Although only in the application People (Contacts), it could become an issue in the media uproar. However, according to the users who have tried the straight Android 4.2, it is not disturbing because it does not occur in applications other than the People (for example, the right image, the application retains Event in December). Of course, this bug is not a concern anymore because Google has released the 4.2.1 update that was clear of the issue.



Many users menunggkapkan problems that quickly drains the battery, and the battery charging time is longer than before (Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7). From our experience using the Galaxy Nexus Android 4.2, does not impact too much.

Based on our observation, from a variety of user opinion, leak-battery case-is caused by a variety of applications is problematic when upgraded into Android 4.2-one that is often mentioned is the Exchange email-. The solution is, check your battery usage through the Settings> Battery. If there are applications that use batteries improperly, you need to reset the data or re-install the application. Some users also report on the progress of battery life after 4.2.1 update.

Some other bugs were reported, among others; random reboot happened, and some applications become sluggish when opened. Secondly it is not the case in our experience, as well as some of the communities we monitor.


source : http://chip.co.id/review/software_os/4049/android_jelly_bean_4.2_mitos_fakta_dan_review_2