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==Android 4.1.x Jelly Bean==

[[File:Android 4.1 on the Galaxy Nexus.jpeg|thumb|150px|right|The Android 4.1 home screen on the [[Samsung]] [[Samsung Galaxy Nexus I9250|Galaxy Nexus]].]]

On June 27, 2012, at the [[Google I/O]] conference, Google announced Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Based on Linux kernel 3.1.10, Jelly Bean is an incremental update with the primary aim of improving the user interface, both in terms of functionality and performance. The performance improvement involves "Project Butter", which uses touch anticipation, [[Multiple buffering|triple buffering]], extended [[vsync]] timing and a fixed frame rate of 60fps to create a fluid and "buttery"-smooth UI.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html | title=Android 4.1 for Developers | accessdate=June 27, 2012}}</ref> Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was released to [[AOSP#Android_Open_Source_Project|AOSP]] on July 9, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|last=Queru|first=Jean-Baptiste|title=Android 4.1 in AOSP|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-building/XBYeD-bhk1o|accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref> and an [[OTA update]] for the Samsung[[Nexus Galaxy Nexus7]] to Android 4.1.1 was released on July 11, 2012, making it the first device to run Jelly Bean.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blog.gsmarena.com/nexus-7-gets-android-4-1-1-update-adds-support-for-google-wallet/ | title=Android 4.1.1 Nexus 7 Update | accessdate=July 12, 2012}}</ref>

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