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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (Oct 2011)
Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android was released in Oct 2011. It had
many new features for users. It combined many of the features of the tablet
only Honeycomb version with the smartphone oriented Gingerbread. It had
a favorites tray on the home screen along with the first support for
unlocking a phone by using its camera by taking a picture of its owner’s face.
This biometric sign in support has been evolving since then and it is now
very popular among users. Google says right now only 0.7 percent of all
Android devices are running some version of Android 4.0 which is slightly
better than Gingerbread. This version has support for all on-screen buttons,
browser tabs, swipe gestures to dismiss notifications and ability to monitor
your data usage over mobile and Wi-Fi, which are quite useful features.