It also posted the video above showing off the new Photo Sphere camera experience. We already got a good look at some of the features in this latest version of Jelly Bean in a promo video and walkthrough with Google engineers, but Google has a full run down of what’s new in 4.2 on its Android website here. You can compare this to the previous versions that produced gray areas and inconsistent coloring in areas of high contrast (near the sun, horizons, buildings against blue sky, etc.).Īs we covered earlier today, Google is getting ready to introduce a brand new lineup of Nexus branded devices for the holidays and to accompany the launch is Android 4.2. Second, we’ve improved exposure compensation for each individual frame, producing a beautifully exposed photo sphere. While environments with lots of moving things are always challenging, scenes like the one attached here with a long flat horizon are now much better. Rapoport says that nearly all of stitching and exposure bugs and annoyances present in Android 4.2 have been fixed in the latest update.įirst, alignment and stitching are much better, giving you more level horizons and fewer errors throughout the image. As time has progressed, however, a few other unannounced features have been discovered.įirst, Googler Evan Rapoport posted a detailed description on Google+ about the serious enhancements the Photo Sphere team made to the functionality in Android 4.3.

Yesterday, Google finally announced Android 4.3, a minor update to 4.2 that included a handful of neat features, including the ability to have more than one user profile.

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