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Android has seen a number of updates since its original release. These updates to the base Operating System typically fix bugs and add new features.
| 1.5 (Cupcake) |
On 30 April 2009, the official 1.5 (Cupcake) update for Androidâ„¢ was released. There are several new features and UI updates included in the 1.5 update:
- Ability to record and watch videos with the camcorder mode
- Uploading videos to YouTube and pictures to Picasa directly from the phone
- A new soft keyboard with an "Autocomplete" feature
- Ability to automatically connect to a Bluetooth headset within a certain distance
- New widgets and folders that can populate the desktop
- Animations between screens
- Expanded ability of Copy and paste to include web pages
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| 1.6 (Donut) |
On 15 September 2009, the 1.6 (Donut) SDK was released. Included in the update are:
- An improved Android Market experience.
- An integrated camera, camcorder, and gallery interface.
- Gallery now enables users to select multiple photos for deletion.
- Updated Voice Search, with faster response and deeper integration with native applications, including the ability to dial contacts.
- Updated search experience to allow searching bookmarks, history, contacts, and the web from the home screen.
- Updated Technology support for CDMA/EVDO, 802.1x VPN, Gestures, and a Text-to-speech engine
- Speed improvements for searching, the camera.
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| 2.0 (Eclair) |
On 26 October 2009 the 2.0 (Eclair) SDK was released. Among the changes are:
- Support for more screen sizes and resolutions
- New browser UI and HTML5 support
- Better white/black ratio for backgrounds
- Improved Google Maps 3.1.2
- Microsoft Exchange support
- Built in flash support for Camera
- Improved virtual keyboard
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A subsequent version of the software stack is to be named Flan.
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