Android 4.3's Best Features

Note: The latest version of Android may be an incremental update, but it brings some much-needed improvements to Google's mobile platform.

9 Android Apps To Improve Security, Privacy (click image for larger view) Google introduced Android 4.3 Jelly Bean this week, a minor update to its smartphone and tablet operating system. Android 4.3 does not present a significant visual overhaul of the OS. Instead, it adds a handful of features that make the whole platform a bit more fully rounded.

As usual, Google's Nexus-branded devices will be among the first to receive the new platform software. The Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus smartphones, and the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets are on deck to get the update shortly. At the same time, Google has already made the new operating system available to developers, who can get to work adjusting their apps and content for the improved operating system.

Here are some of the best features of the new platform:

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