Android 4.2 Jelly Bean adds Photo Sphere for panoramic shots [video]

The hype surrounding Android 4.2 has indeed been warranted. As we continue to explore the new iteration to the Android OS, new features and improvements continue to be revealed. The latest revelation has been Photo Sphere. This 360-degree panoramic shooting mode is like no other you have seen. The Photo Sphere feature on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean now allows you to snap pictures in every direction while the stitching is automatically done for you. This means that you get to create your own Street View scenarios that you can navigate, share on Google+ and even allow others to enjoy your own creations.

Photo Sphere is essentially an app that is aimed at Apple's latest iOS 6 Panorama feature update and Google has done a good job at it. When you take your first shot, Photo Sphere will automatically set the starting point and will give you another point of reference that overlaps with the first. This will go on over and over again until you have the entire scene covered. Once the rendering has been completed, you will have a large scrollable image similar to what you are used to with the Street View in Google Maps.

Due to Hurricane Sandy, Google has canceled the special event that was expected to unveil the Nexus, no doubt with demos on how the Jelly Bean updates fair on the phone. Other features that have come with the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update include Miracast support, a sharing tool similar to iOS AirPlay, a gesture typing feature similar to Swype and support for multiple users on Android tablets.

We have tried out the panorama feature on the iPad and it will obviously be interesting to have this feature on your Android phone. We can’t wait to get our hands dirty and create superb panoramic shots using Photo Sphere.

Telus Samsung Galaxy Note gets a taste of Jelly Bean goodness

by Bogdan Bele, 2 weeks ago

The Telus Samsung Galaxy Note is finally getting its Jelly Bean upgrade, as the carrier has promised not long ago, so good news for you if you’re on Telus and you own the device. According…

Comments

Big Bad Bowl

Surely, as long as there are improvements, it doesn’t matter what number it’s assigned?
- MasterMuffin
  
  4.3 would mean that the update is smaller (not like from GB to ICS). 5.0 would mean BIG ÜBER COOL update :)
  - thvf
    
    I agree. I really hope it’s klp or else ill be very dissapointed
Danny Solon

Whatever is the release’ number I just wish that they add some great features to improve the usability of android and specially android tablets because they’re until now not supported enough and the big screen size isn’t well used for example find me a difference between android on nexus 4 and nexus 7 nothing but the bigger screen of the 7 (and the pre-installed camera app), so I guess that android for tablets should be optimized in order to get the benefits of the bigger screen with a features such as multi windows maybe
- MasterMuffin
  
  New Google Play for tablets is so much better looking than the phone version, it’s the reason why I have my Google Play set to 160DPI
  - Danny Solon
    
    But it’s not just about Google play, it’s about the OS itself it doesn’t provide optimized options for tablets
    - MasterMuffin
      
      I know, just sayin’ :)
    - MasterMuffin
      
      I know, just sayin’ :)
- http://profiles.google.com/bobpaul Bob/Paul .
  
  The android tablet UI is different. You can run split screen apps on a tablet. UI change was in honeycomb, split screen was 4.1 I believe.
  
  I guess I don’t have a Nexus 7 and I know some of the differences (tablet UI, split screen, etc) are triggered by the screen size. Maybe 7″ isn’t big enough to trigger?
  - Danny Solon
    
    You can split the screen on Samsung tablets or some new phones for example the note 2 which has a 5.5″ screen can split the screen so I think that 7″ is more than enough, then Samsung phones and tablets are the only android devices that can split the screen because they run a customized version of android ui called nature ux or something like that but what I’m talking about is the pure version of android, it doesn’t have this feature
kay yon

I actually don’t mind Google holding off Key Lime Pie 5.0. I want to be shocked and surprised again like when Ice Cream Sandwich (or Jelly Bean) came out; I want Key Lime Pie to knock my socks off. As long as this delay makes Key Lime Pie as great as we want it to be, Jelly Bean 4.3 is fine by me.
Sudeepto Dutta

I guess the reason being the kernel that’s gonna be used in KEY LIME PIE…

I am not sure but for Android 5.0.1 , Google’s gonna be using kernel version 3.8 which is currently being used by Linux users on their devices…

I am using kernel version 3.8.1 on my Ubuntu …

So I believe Google needs some time before they can finish up with “key lime pie” & by that time Linux users might be shifting to kernel version 3.9 too :)

That’s what I think :)
http://www.facebook.com/ibi828 ibi

As long as it works on my Sony Ray smartphone I’m fine with it.
RaptorOO7

Works for me, not a big deal and perhaps the other OEM’s can get off their lazy arses and put out 4.2.2 or go straight to 4.3 instead of these stupid 4.1.2 and 4.2.0 updates.
- http://www.facebook.com/johnphillip.saayman John-Phillip Saayman
  
  Agree, now the s3 can just skip right to 4.3, or 4.2.2 if it has to
http://www.facebook.com/christopher.roberts.16752 Christopher Roberts

More optimization please so we can have even more buttery smoothness
http://twitter.com/NancyKGraham Nancy Graham

I’d be happy just getting jelly bean period. As an at&t Samsung Galaxy Note i7l7 user, we haven’t been counted worthy to receive the jelly bean update. :-/
- http://www.facebook.com/lanejasper Lane Jasper
  
  Root and custom ROM it…MUCH quicker. :-)
  - William Swalley
    
    Not when you want multi Window and other s pen features.
    - Cole Raney
      
      You can back those apps up though using apps that you can get since your device is rooted.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1911005 Thomas Edwards

Doubt the marketing department will miss the chance to brand the new release as KLP or 5.0 or whatever, even if there are significant upgrades to the software, people would just point at the name and say “stagnation” because it didn’t change. Plus Google just likes adding those statues to their garden.
Arsenal™

Custom ROMS FTW!
Aziz Farhi

What ever Google is cooking in their kitchen unless you fellas have one of the Nexuses it won’t matter for a while :) .. at least till you buy one or a fully working custom ROM shows up.
pratyush rohilla

great article about android new version. it is good news for android lover.
hope so it will be better than android 4.2
the next version of Android to be released will be version 4.3. I haven’t seen any concrete evidence that 4.3 will be called Jelly Bean or Key Lime Pie.

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