1. Open
Google Now in multiple ways
Android 4.2 Jelly
Bean users can open Google Now in several ways. You can just drag the lock
screen circle upwards to open Google Now. Other ways of opening Google Now
include placing a Quick Search widget or shortcut on the home screen. You can
also open Google Now by simply dragging up any of the three navigation buttons.
2. Pinch to expand or contract
If you wish to expand
a particular notification, place both your fingers on it and just pinch out or
if you wish to contract it, simply pinch in.
3. Better Facelock feature. Just blink to unlock
3. Better Facelock feature. Just blink to unlock
Google has introduced
blink to unlock feature, so, that people cannot unlock the device with just a
photo of the owner. The users are required to blink to unlock the screen. Go to
Settings > Security > Screen Security and mark Liveness check to activate.
4. Locked screen widgets
4. Locked screen widgets
You can have access
to your widgets from the lock screen itself. You are not required to unlock the
device. When the device is locked, swipe to the right and tap the '+' sign to
access the list of widgets. You can mark the widgets from the list to add to
the lock screen.
5. Helpful interactions:
In the Nexus 4 smart phone, users can call back or message the person if they missed the call. Also, you can share screenshots directly from the notifications window. Additionally, you can observe below each notification to find helpful buttons.
6. Long press for info
If you long press a notification, an 'App info' button pops out from which you can learn more about the application. Additionally, users can clear the app's cache, data, stop it, uninstall it or disable sending notifications.
7. Song search
Your Jelly Bean is now capable of telling you which song you are listening to. Just tap on the sound search widget to get the song info.
8. Camera swipe
Within the camera app, just swipe right to open the gallery. Just swipe left to go back to the camera app.
9. Drag and drop to create folder
You can create a folder by simply dragging and dropping an app over another. A folder is automatically created with two apps in it.
10. Improved screenshots feature
5. Helpful interactions:
In the Nexus 4 smart phone, users can call back or message the person if they missed the call. Also, you can share screenshots directly from the notifications window. Additionally, you can observe below each notification to find helpful buttons.
6. Long press for info
If you long press a notification, an 'App info' button pops out from which you can learn more about the application. Additionally, users can clear the app's cache, data, stop it, uninstall it or disable sending notifications.
7. Song search
Your Jelly Bean is now capable of telling you which song you are listening to. Just tap on the sound search widget to get the song info.
8. Camera swipe
Within the camera app, just swipe right to open the gallery. Just swipe left to go back to the camera app.
9. Drag and drop to create folder
You can create a folder by simply dragging and dropping an app over another. A folder is automatically created with two apps in it.
10. Improved screenshots feature
Just press the power
button and volume down buttons at the same time for a short while to take a
screen shot. The screenshot can be accessed from the notifications and you can
also share it.