Google unveils Android 2.2: faster, and with better security
Google has unveiled details of Android 2.2, promising that it will be faster, enable developers to add security and able to turn the phone into a WiFi hotspot.
Xavier Ducrohet, Android SDK Tech Lead, said a new Dalvik JIT compiler in Android 2.2 - code named 'Froyo' (Frozen yogurt) - would deliver between a two and five times the performance of Android 2.1 in CPU-bound code.
Browsing performance has also been improved through inclusion of the V8 JavaScript engine in the Android browser. This has resulted in a two to three times improvement in JavaScript performance vs. 2.1, according to Ducrohet. New device policy management APIs will allow developers to write applications that can control security features of the device such as the remote wipe, minimum password, lock-screen timeout etc.
