Android 2.2 ''Froyo'' Brings Better Graphics, RAM

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<img src="http://media.bestofmicro.com/K/F/195135/2/195135.png" class="logo" />Google may release the next Android update next month.

Android and Me reports that Google is currently testing version 2.2--codenamed "Froyo"--of its Android mobile operating system. Unnamed sources said that the feature set for Android 2.2 was frozen "long ago," and mainly focuses on performance enhancements including freeing up additional RAM for end-users, and (gasp!) support for Adobe Flash 10.1.

Sources also indicate that Android 2.2 will bring enhancements to OpenGL ES 2.0 and cross multitouch. Apparently Froyo, or a future build of the OS, will add new APIs to the Android NDK which will let Java developers gain access to the entire OpenGL ES 2.0 library. Hopefully his will mean games will have better graphics than what's currently available on the Android Market.

As for the extra RAM, Android and Me said that Froyo uses a new Linux kernel--v2.6.32--which will make it possible to address the device's extra RAM. The cross multitouch enhancements may only apply to the HTC Touch, however there's some hope that Froyo will address touchscreen resolutions across the board.

Other features listed in the next update may be device-specific including multicolor trackball notifications and enabling FM radio. "I spoke with Google’s Eric Tseng during CES and he told me there were many secrets left in the Nexus One that we would discover later," the site stated.

It's also assumed that Android 2.2 may appear in the wild during Google's I/O event on May 19th. Android and Me said that Google has provided every developer attending the event a free Droid or Nexus One, "so it is possible to see a simultaneous release on both devices."

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