{"id":571962,"date":"2010-05-20T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phonedog.com\/2010\/05\/20\/google-announces-android-2-2-froyo\/"},"modified":"2010-05-20T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T18:55:00","slug":"google-announces-android-2-2-froyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571962","title":{"rendered":"Google announces Android 2.2 &#8216;Froyo&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though Google TV was cool (when it worked), the big news of the day was the official announcement of Android 2.2, also known as &#8220;Froyo.&#8221;&nbsp; Featuring some cool changes across the platform, the Android 2.2 SDK is available now, with retail availability sometime in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Among the improvements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External storage for applications<\/strong>.&nbsp; Finally, Google announced the upcoming availability of external storage for applications.&nbsp; Barring the Incredible and its built-in 8 GB of storage, app storage has always been an Achilles&#8217; heel in the Android platform.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OTA application installation.&nbsp; <\/strong>This is just cool.&nbsp; Instead of perusing through the Android Market on the phone, you can do so from your computer, and click a button to initiate an OTA download to your phone.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<li><strong>iTunes streaming<\/strong>.&nbsp; Google purchased Simplify Media, a company that pushes iTunes content to your phone.&nbsp; If the demo was any indication, the application is quite nice &#8211; simply open and click &#8220;all&#8221; to stream the songs to your device.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Cloud to device messaging.&#8221;&nbsp; <\/strong>If you&#8217;re using Chrome on your computer, and you need a map, you can send it to your phone and it will automatically pop up in Google Maps.&nbsp; No text message directions &#8211; it&#8217;s the real deal.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<li><strong>Changes in updating of apps.&nbsp; <\/strong>Android 2.2 adds the option of updating all apps in one swoop versus individually.&nbsp; Additionally, Froyo adds the ability to have your apps update automatically.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Just-in-time compiler.<\/strong>&nbsp; Makes the device much faster &#8211; two to five times faster, to be exact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the official Google video below for a great rundown of the new features in Android 2.2!<\/p>\n<p>{Widget type=&#8221;youtube&#8221; id=&#8221;yAZYSVr2Bhc&amp;&#8221; }<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/05\/20\/android-2-2-froyo-officially-announced\/\" >Engadget<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ENGaKhPiUpXPXZtfnzCvE9tVa4U\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ENGaKhPiUpXPXZtfnzCvE9tVa4U\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ENGaKhPiUpXPXZtfnzCvE9tVa4U\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ENGaKhPiUpXPXZtfnzCvE9tVa4U\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/d0EBXEq3pUo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though Google TV was cool (when it worked), the big news of the day was the official announcement of Android 2.2, also known as &#8220;Froyo.&#8221;&nbsp; Featuring some cool changes across the platform, the Android 2.2 SDK is available now, with retail availability sometime in the future. 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