The rapid development pace of the Android mobile OS shows no signs of letting up. Most Android phones are running some version of 2.x. But 3.0 is just around the corner:
Android 2.2, or "Froyo," may still be in the process of rolling out to users, but Google is already hard at work on "Gingerbread," the upcoming version of the mobile operating system that most expect to be numbered 3.0.
Not only is the Gingerbread software development kit widely rumored to be planned for release next week, but it looks like video chat will likely be among the new version's top-billed features.
"We support video chat today with Google Talk Video," said Andy Rubin, Google's vice president of engineering, in an interview last week. "It works on the desktop. Whether that can be repurposed and made appropriate for sipping bandwidth for mobile, it's an exercise that's under way."
Combined with the increasing incidence of front-facing cameras on Android devices, the evidence does seem to suggest that video calling could be on the way. That, in fact, could be one reason hardware makers working with Nvidia's Tegra 2 processor recently said that Gingerbread will "change the way we use our phones."
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