Google starts rolling out Android Honeycomb 3.2

Google has begun the distribution of Android version 3.2, which is suitable for tablets. Users of a Motorola Xoom will get the update in phases. Android 3.2 includes the previously announced zoom-to-fill-option.

With the update, apps can be that are not good scale, still in fullscreen, rotate, message Cnet. That should be black bars on the edges of the screen, avoid applications that are not in accordance with the official standards are written. Also is Android 3.2 suitable for tablets with a smaller screen size than 10″. This was already previously suspected, because the Chinese manufacturer Huawei’s 7-MediaPad with Android 3.2 would release. To continue the update with better support for tablets based on Qualcomm socs; Android Honeycomb was initially developed for Tegra 2 chips from Nvidia.

The new Android version is first made available to users of the Motorola Xoom. Google worked with Motorola together to Android Honeycomb. Other manufacturers must make a update for their tablet release.

Android 3.2 is the last version that Google specifically for tablets is released. In the autumn should Android Ice Cream Sandwich appear, in which tablet version, Honeycomb and smartphone version, Gingerbread will be merged.


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