Android 3.1 Announced; Being Rolled Out Today to Motorola XOOM Users on Verizon
The folks at Google have just announced Android 3.1, the first major upgrade to the tablet-specific OS since its inception. What’s changed? First up, you can now resize widgets. That small Gmail widget can now be resized to give you a better look at your inbox without having to jump into the application.
Furthermore, Android 3.1 now adds USB host support, meaning you can use your keyboards, mice, gaming controllers and import media from your cameras without fail. Google’s also just announced a movie rental feature on the Android market and they’ll be packaging the accompanying application in with the rest of the other bits and pieces I’ve already mentioned.
What’s more is that you folks won’t have to wait for Android 3.1 very long – it’s available now, in fact. Verizon users with the 3G version of the Motorola XOOM can go ahead and pull the over the air update starting today. We haven’t had a chance to check ourselves so let us know if you can find it and be sure to fill us in on all the cool stuff that’s been added that we haven’t talked about here. We’ll have more photos and video for you folks in a bit.