The Snapdragon S4 Pro is an excellent processor (though not as good as the more recent Snapdragon 600 and the upcoming 800), and it should tear through your homescreens with no problems at all, especially since the introduction
of Project Butter in stock Jelly Bean (Android 4.1).
It has been confirmed that the GSM, SMS, EDGE, 3G, Signal are full working, as well as Audio, Sensors,
Project Butter interface, Full 2D / 3D acceleration, touchscreen, Sd card, Wi - Fi, Browse, live wallpapers.
Some features like
Project Butter enhancements, Multi Window, improved keyboard, 2 Home screens mode, Customized notification Panel, Page Buddy, Smart Rotation, Direct Call, Pop - up Play, Google Now, and more will be accessible to the users since the device is running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean version.
The 4.1 update includes all of the key Jelly Bean enhancements, such
as Project Butter smooth scrolling and Google Now support, as well as the much maligned TouchWiz user interface that Samsung has used to its own advantage on its Android lineup.
Nexus 7 is device co-developed by Google and ASUS, and unveiled in June 2012, along with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the software update that brought features
like Project Butter, expandable notifications, and the amazing Google Now.
SurfaceFlinger handles window drawing, and Kit Kat passes more screen draws to the OpenGL subsystem, a process started with
Project Butter in Jelly Bean.
Android Jelly Bean features like Google Now,
Project Butter performance enhancements and the redesigned notification shade, in addition to new TouchWiz features are expected to bring a huge change in the Galaxy S III experience.
Dig into the latest
on Project Butter, Offline Voice Typing, Predictive Keyboard, and more here!
Although it's all under the hood, the
improvements Project Butter brings make for a much needed and much slicker experience in Android 4.1.
The comically -
named Project Butter was designed to pick up on some of the lag that Android can exhibit and make the touch response more fluid.
Install this ROM only if you're interested in testing Jelly Bean's
new Project butter that smoothens the transitions between screens and other UI performances.
It also
includes Project Butter, enhanced notification, improved keyboard, rearranging widgets on the home screen no longer requires manual repositioning.
Still, it was later proved that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean brought more than a minor update and all I'm reminding you of are the expandable notifications, Google Now, and the
smooth Project Butter.
Motorola has announced that they will deliver the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for both devices, although this particular rollout will happen in stages as usual, so do not fret if you own one of those two puppies mentioned, it should be able to come with
Project Butter smoothness in due time.
The mobile OS version is said to tow
along Project Butter enhancements, bug fixes, additional lockscreen functionality and more.
I would think any phone with Jelly Bean would have battery life issues
since project butter makes the phone run at a constant frame rate of 60.
Last and perhaps least noticeably, Google's
Project Butter UI is behind the scenes smoothing all the animations out, triple - buffering frames in order to provide a more fluid experience.
Even though TouchWiz is the heaviest skin out there, the phone performs very smoothly, thanks to Jelly Bean's
Project Butter smoothinator and to the horsepower under the hood.
Standard Jelly Bean features include Google's
Project Butter for performance enhancements, Google Now and enhanced TouchWiz features.
Some of these enhancements will include the new Android Voice search capabilities, Google Now, improved system wide frame rate
via Project Butter, enhanced notifications, a resizable pop - up play menu, and also a tweaked settings menu.
The 432 MB update features the usual additions to Jelly Bean such as Google Now support and new widgets along with full support for NFC and additional features such as
Project Butter among other improvements and fixes.
Verdict — the best bit You really have to try to make
Project Butter seem all that exciting — it makes Android a little bit faster.
It also brings UI improvements, including GOogle's much -
touted Project Butter, which bumps the Android user interface to 60 fps, making for smoother transitions and animations.
Whether that's
Project Butter doing its job, the Snapdragon S4 Pro chip, or a combination of the two is unclear.
In practice, the Nexus 4 runs smoothly and slickly;
Project Butter continues to show its worth for keeping the Android interface lag - free, and we far prefer Google's pure UI than LG's modified layout.
LG's flagship hardware is capable of a smoothness we've only really seen hinted at with the effects of
Project Butter until now; on the S4 Pro chipset it simply flies.
The Jelly Bean update to the Galaxy S III will bring with it all that Jelly Bean has brought to Android such
as Project Butter, Google Now and expanded notifications.
Nexus 7 is device co-developed by Google and ASUS, and unveiled in June 2012, along with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the software update that brought features
like Project Butter, expandable notifications, and the amazing Google Now.
And even now
with project butter on jellybean, my next phone wont be from samsung, unless they make the next nexus
Users can also expect to get the features like Google Now,
project Butter performance enhancements and redesigned notification shade, in addition to new TouchWiz features are expected to bring a huge change in the Galaxy S III experience.
To do that, Google embarked
on Project Butter, which increases the system frame rate to a smooth 60 frames per second and uses touch input boost to anticipate finger touches and improve responsiveness.
On a different note, Google's own Jelly Bean enhancements,
including Project Butter won't be the only addition Samsung will add to their own handsets as the company is going to throw in some of its own TouchWiz modifications.
Once updated to Jelly Bean, it is sure that the update will bring some notable improvements in performance and new features including Google Now,
Project Butter enhancement, improved Voice Search, improved notifications, improved battery, camera improvements, and many more.
The comically -
named Project Butter was designed to pick up on some of the lag that Android can exhibit and make the touch response more fluid.
We just want to see it and
Project Butter in action and thanks to Aaron Baker and this seven and a half - minute video, we're seeing exactly that.