Next iteration of Android to be called Jelly Bean

The Android platform has taken us all by surprise with its features and functionalities over the past couple of years. But there is another thing that the Android platform is known for. We’re talking about the rather strange names for its OS updates.

Starting all the way back from Android 1.5 Cupcake, Google decided to name the OS updates after desserts or sweets in alphabetical order. Today we’ll discuss the Android version which is to succeed the Ice Cream Sandwich or Android 4.0 update. The Ice Cream Sandwich interestingly is still awaiting release somewhere around next month or the month after that. Well, the successor to Ice Cream Sandwich is to be called “Jelly Bean”, which doesn’t seem strange given Google’s policy with the naming of OS updates.

Well, there is no word from Google on this, but we feel Jelly Bean will be pretty much it. As for the OS version and other additional info, we will have to wait till the very last minute since Google doesn’t give out that info till the OS update is ready to roll out. But it has been reported that the Jelly Bean update will have a lot more features in its inventory than Ice Cream Sandwich which will come as bad news to the users waiting for the Ice Cream Sandwich update.

It is also being said that all the features that were promised with Ice Cream Sandwich will be moved to Jelly Bean. This could mean that the Ice Cream Sandwich update is just another update with a couple of not so surprising features. But well, since all of this is still a rumor so we recommend you to take it with a pinch of salt.

All is to be revealed with the Ice Cream Sandwich update which will break cover soon. As of now we know that Ice Cream Sandwich will be a bridge between Gingerbread and Honeycomb, meaning a unified OS bringing in the best of both worlds. Let’s hope the rumors are false and we get to see some real action with Ice Cream Sandwich.