Android 2.2 – Froyo

During the week at Google I/O a lot of news were released about the next version of Android, named Froyo.

Some of the new features are in Froyo are:

• Automatic application updates
• Possibility to install apps to an SD card
• JIT compiler upgrades, promising 2x-5x speed boost
• Java-script engine updates, enhancing performance by 2x-3x times
• Tethering and portable hot spot capability
• Adobe Flash and Air support
• API for Cloud-To-Device push notifications
• App data backup API
• Application crash report details presented to developers on their Android market publisher account

Android 2.2 Official Video