Android 1.6 SDK now available

Posted on Wednesday, September 16 2009 @ 16:09 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Google announced the Android 1.6 SDK is now available for download. The first devices running Android 1.6 are expected as early as October.

Android 1.6, which is based on the donut branch from the Android Open Source Project, introduces a number of new features and technologies. With support for CDMA and additional screen sizes, your apps can be deployed on even more mobile networks and devices. You will have access to new technologies, including framework-level support for additional screen resolutions, like QVGA and WVGA, new telephony APIs to support CDMA, gesture APIs, a text-to-speech engine, and the ability to integrate with Quick Search Box.

The following video gives a brief overview of the new features of Android 1.6:

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