Android Honeycomb is the codename for the third major version of
Android, designed for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly
tablets, however, it has also been unofficially ported to the
Nexus One
The Nexus One (codenamed HTC Passion) is an Android smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC as Google's first Nexus smartphone. The Nexus became available on January 5, 2010, and features the ability to transcribe voice to text, an add ...
. It is the eighth version of Android and is no longer supported since November 14, 2016. Android Honeycomb debuted with the
Motorola Xoom
The Motorola Xoom is an Android-based tablet computer by Motorola, introduced at CES 2011 on January 5, 2011. It was the first tablet to be sold with Android 3.1 Honeycomb. The Verizon branded Xoom was the first tablet to run Android 3.1. The ...
in February 2011. Besides the addition of new features, Android Honeycomb introduced a new so-called "holographic"
user interface
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theme and an interaction model that built on the main features of Android, such as multitasking, notifications and widgets.
Features
New features introduced in Android Honeycomb include the following:
* The Email and Contacts apps use a two-pane
UI.
* The Gallery app now lets users view albums and other collections in full-screen mode, with access to thumbnails for other photos in a collection.
* The Browser app replaces browser windows with
tabs
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, adds an incognito mode for anonymous browsing, and presents bookmarks and history in a unified view, among other features.
* A redesigned keyboard to make entering text easier on large-screen devices such as
tablets.
* A Recent Apps view for multitasking.
* Customizable home screens (up to five).
See also
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Android version history
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iOS 4
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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Windows Phone 7
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