Other features from previous versions of the Android OS get a spit and polish for Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

Its integrated browser, which looks to have been improved significantly, resembles the desktop version of Google's Chrome browser and even features tabs, meaning it's now easier to manage multiple Web pages in a single browsing session.

Users can now enjoy a pseudo 3D experience, zooming in to get a closer look at grouped apps, widgets, wallpapers and so on.Ĭrucially, Honeycomb allows users to browse the full Web. Like previous iterations of the OS, users can switch between screens of icons by swiping a finger, but customisation of each screen seems to have been improved. Honeycomb features a new, so-called 'holographic' user interface that's slicker than an otter's armpit. It also outlined some of Honeycomb's finer features on the Google Mobile Blog.Īccording to Andy Rupin, Google's VP of engineering in charge of Android, Honeycomb is designed from the ground up to support devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets, though we wouldn't be surprised if the OS also cropped up on a few netbooks.

The company has published a teaser video showing the design of the user interface and some of the OS' swankiest features. Google's just released some tantalising information about Android 3.0 Honeycomb - the operating system designed specifically to power the next wave of tablet PCs.

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