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<p>Welcome to Android 4.0!</p>

<p>Android 4.0 delivers a refined, unified UI for phones and tablets and introduces innovative features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse of the many new features and technologies that make Android 4.0 simple, beautiful, and beyond smart. <!--For technical details about

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  <li><a href="#UserFeatures">Android 4.0 for Users</a></li>

<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:.75em;"><strong>Home screen folders and

favorites tray</strong></p>

<p>New <strong>home screen folders</strong> offer a new way for users to group

their apps and shortcuts logically, just by dragging one onto another. From the

All Apps launcher, users can now simply drag an app to get information about it

or immediately uninstall it, or disable a pre-installed app.</p>

<p>New home screen <strong>folders</strong> offer a new way for users to group

their apps and shortcuts logically, just by dragging one onto another. Also, 

in All Apps launcher, users can now simply <strong>drag an app</strong> to get

information about it or immediately uninstall it, or disable a pre-installed app.</p>

<p>On smaller-screen devices, the home screen now includes a customizable

<strong>favorites tray</strong> visible from all home screens. Users can drag

<p>The soft keyboard in Android 4.0 makes text input even faster and more

accurate. Error correction and word suggestion are improved through a new set of

default dictionaries and more accurate heuristics for handling cases such as

double-typed characters, skipped letters, and omitted spaces. Word suggestion is

also improved and the suggestion strip is simplified to show only three words at

a time.</p>

double-typed characters, skipped letters, and omitted spaces. Word suggestion

is also improved and the suggestion strip is simplified to show only three

words at a time.</p>

<p>To fix misspelled words more easily, Android 4.0 adds a spell-checker that

locates and underlines errors and suggests replacement words. With one tap,

users can choose from multiple spelling suggestions, delete a word, or add it to

the dictionary. Users can even tap to see replacement suggestions for words that

are spelled correctly. For specialized features or additional languages, users

can now download and install third-party dictionaries, spell-checkers, and other

text services.</p>

<p>To fix misspelled words more easily, Android 4.0 adds a

<strong>spell-checker</strong> that locates and underlines errors and suggests

replacement words. With one tap, users can choose from multiple spelling

suggestions, delete a word, or add it to the dictionary. Users can even tap to

see replacement suggestions for words that are spelled correctly. For

specialized features or additional languages, users can now download and install

third-party dictionaries, spell-checkers, and other text services.</p>

<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:.75em;"><strong>Powerful voice input

<p>Android 4.0 introduces a powerful new voice input engine that offers a

continuous "open microphone" experience and streaming voice recognition. The new

voice input engine lets users dictate the text they want, for as long as they

want, using the language they want. Users can speak continously for a prolonged

want, using the language they want. Users can <strong>speak continously</strong> for a prolonged

time, even pausing for intervals if needed, and dictate punctuation to create

correct sentences. As the voice input engine enters text, it underlines possible

dictation errors in gray. After dictating, users can tap the underlined words to

<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:.75em;"><strong>Live Effects for transforming video</strong></p>

<p>Live Effects is a collection of graphical transformations that add interest

and fun to videos captured in the Camera app. For example, users can change the

background behind them to any stock or custom image, for just the right setting

when shooting video or using Google Talk video chat. Also available is Silly

Faces, a set of morphing effects that use state-of-the-art face recognition and

GPU filters to add great effects to facial features during video capture. For

example, you can use effects such as small eyes, big mouth, big nose, face

squeeze, and more. Outside of the Camera app, Live Effects is available during

video chat in the Google Talk app.</p>

and fun to videos captured in the Camera app. For example, users can

<strong>change the background</strong> behind them to any stock or custom image,

for just the right setting when shooting videeo. Also available for video is

Silly Faces, a set of morphing effects that use state-of-the-art face

recognition and GPU filters to transform facial features. For example, you can

use effects such as small eyes, big mouth, big nose, face squeeze, and more.

Outside of the Camera app, Live Effects is available during video chat in the

Google Talk app.</p>

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<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:.75em;"><strong>Face Unlock</strong></p>

<p>Android 4.0 introduces a completely new approach to securing a device, making

it even more personal — Face Unlock is a new screen-lock option that lets

users unlock their devices with their faces. It takes advantage of

state-of-the-art facial recognition technology to register a face and to

recognize it later when unlocking the device. Users just hold their devices in

front of their faces to unlock, or use a backup PIN or pattern. </p>

each person's device even more personal — Face Unlock is a new screen-lock

option that lets users unlock their devices with their faces. It takes advantage

of the device front-facing camera and state-of-the-art facial recognition

technology to register a face during setup and then to recognize it again when

unlocking the device. Users just hold their devices in front of their faces to

unlock, or use a backup PIN or pattern. </p>

<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:.75em;"><strong>Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth HDP</strong></p>