Merely a day after Verizon's version of the Galaxy Nexus was gifted
with v4.0.2, Google itself is announcing Android 4.0.3, a so-called "
incremental release of the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) platform."
We're told that the new release includes a variety of optimizations and
bug fixes for phones and tablets, as well as a small number of new APIs
for developers. For those curious, the new API level is 15, and some of
those new ones include social stream API in Contacts provider, Calendar
provider enhancements, newfangled camera capabilities (apps can now
check and manage video stabilization and use QVGA resolution profiles
where needed) and accessibility refinements (improved content access for
screen readers and new status and error reporting for text-to-speech
engines). Moreover, we're promised minute improvements in "graphics,
database, spell-checking, Bluetooth, and more." Finally, the company
makes clear that going forward, it'll be "focusing its partners on
Android 4.0.3 as the base version of Ice Cream Sandwich," with rollouts
expected for both phones and tablets in "the weeks ahead."
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