

There's nothing as significant as Google Now, Project Butter, multi-user support, or even smaller, everyday-useful tweaks like the Quick Settings panel or gesture keyboard that came with Android 4.2.

None of these updates have drastically altered the face of the operating system.Įven in light of Android 4.1 and 4.2, the latest Jelly Bean revision feels like a minor update. Following the (necessary) upheaval ushered in by Android 4.0 (codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich), Google has since stuck to incremental updates-versions 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 have all introduced a couple of tentpole features alongside more substantive under-the-hood tweaks. It's hard to believe, but we're already on our third Jelly Bean update.
