We're 3 days away from the anticipated official launch of the next version of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, but a leaked Android 4.3 firmware or the Samsung Galaxy S4 started making the rounds this week and a second one for the Nexus 4 followed shortly.


At first glance, there’s not much new in the new built especially now that Google has started making many of its updates available through individual app updates (Gmail, Calendar, Keyboard, Play Services and so on).

But when you start digging beneath the surface, Android 4.3 has more than a new version number and a slightly tweaked camera.

Here are some of the things that are new in Android 4.3 so far

Camera:

• Camera icons rotate when you turn the phone, while the overall camera app UI stays in place.
• Use the volume keys to snap photos in the camera app.

WiFi:

• Even when you turn off WiFi, it’ll stay on a bit in the background to help with location services — unless you dig even deeper into the advanced settings to really turn it off. 

GPU:

• There’s support for OpenGL ES 3.0 3D graphics.

Bluetooth:

• Bluetooth Low Energy is now supported, allowing for wireless, short-range communications with certain devices (like smartwatches) while using less power.
• When pairing with a car stereo over Bluetooth, your mobile device can now send song info to your car audio system.

Dev options:

• There are a few new developer options for testing/debugging.

System font:

• The default “Roboto” font has been updated. Android Police has an analysis of the new font, as well as download links for folks that want to install it on devices that aren’t yet running Android 4.3.

Security patch:

• Google has fixed the vulnerability known as the “Master Key” exploit.

Miscellaneous system changes: 

• Third-party Android 4.3 apps may be able to totally replace the default notification system. Hello Facebook Home?
• It looks like you may have an option in the default Android 4.3 app drawer to sort apps and widgets by frequency of use. Right now apps can only be sorted alphabetically.
• There’s support for T9 dialing in the phone dialer.
• Google Keep is now a system app.

Keep in mind, these changes were all found in a leaked build of a pre-release version of Android 4.3. It’s possible that some or all of these features won’t be available in the final release. It’s also possible that we’ll see more new features if and when Google officially launches Android 4.3.

We’ll probably have to wait until the launch of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie before we see more dramatic changes to the operating system though.

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean leak. So what's new?

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