The Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android was officially announced May 10 at the Google IO developer conference. It's not expected to be released until the fourth quarter of 2011, and Google didn't offer up too many details, though it did say it'll bring features of Android 3.0/3.1 Honeycomb to smartphones. That confirms what former CEO Eric Schmidt said at Mobile World Congress in February 2011.
That's not to say you'll be getting the Honeycomb experience on a phone -- Android 3.0 was designed for tablets with their larger screens. But we should see some elements, such as the Action Bar and System Bar. Ice Cream Sandwich will unify the OS version across devices, and will allow for better application development on smartphones, tablets, and Google TV.
Nobody know much more about Ice Cream Sandwich at this point, but you can follow the news as it happens below.
More Ice Cream Sandwich stories
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by Jared DiPane
Jan 31, 2012
So you got a shiny new Samsung Galaxy Nexus in your hands and you are left wondering exactly just what it can do, and how to do it. It's the first device to launch with the newest Android operat...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2012
Behold, the HTC Ville, seen here with Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense Version 4.0.
The Ville (that's more than likely still a codename, which has been around since early N...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 31, 2012
We know what Google tells us about the number of devices on each platform. We can also read server logs and get a pretty good idea of the versions of Android hitting the site. But what b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 31, 2012
An internal testing Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for the Samsung Nexus S 4G has been leaked out of Sprint, containing a new software modem, bootloader, and a 4.0.4 build. Some are reporting this is ...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 30, 2012
Lenovo are the latest company to jump on the Ice Cream Sandwich update bandwagon by announcing its plans to update the ThinkPad tablet.
The Thinkpad has been around since last summer, and while we ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 26, 2012
Goodbye menu button, hello Action Bar overflow! Today on the Android Developers blog Scott Main, lead technical writer from Google, wrote up a nice piece of prose about how developers should m...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Jan 26, 2012
We here at Android Central refuse to ignore a bargain, espcially one as great as this: Amazon is currently selling the Galaxy Nexus for a mere $99.99, a full $200 less than what you'll pay Veriz...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 26, 2012
The BBC has updated its BBC News app for Android with Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich tablet support. The app now offers a larger, split-screen view for tablets running Android 3.0 and above -- the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 25, 2012
The "official" update document for the HTC Rezound is now live on Verizon's website, which usually means an OTA update is nigh. According to the page, the Rezound should soon be ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2012
Acer's got a decent affordable Android tablet here, but the shortcuts are apparent
Meet the Acer Iconia Tab A200. We've seen a lot of Android tablets in the past year or so. A lot o...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 25, 2012
Calm down, Verizon Droid RAZR owners, this one's not for you, unfortunately. Owners of the international (GSM/HSPA) Motorola RAZR XT910, however, are in luck, as an early build of Android 4.0.3 ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 25, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy S III (or lack of it) has the Internet ablaze once again, and this time it's based on some information industry insider Eldar Murtazin claims to know, and has hinted at in his...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2012
The Korea Herald today is reporting that the unlocking mechanism on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is not the subject of a new legal complaint filed by Apple.
The Galaxy Nexus was first named as a target...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 24, 2012
The Android 4.0.3 update for the Asus Transformer Prime brought with it some improvements to the Google Apps. However small any changes may be, nestled among them the Gmail application has received ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 24, 2012
Two months after the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code dropped, we're starting to see more exotic custom ROMs appearing for popular devices like the Samsung Galaxy S II. One such ROM c...
Review
by Jared DiPane
Jan 23, 2012
With a new Android device announced ever hour, it takes a lot to make a device stand out from the crowd. Some devices are marketed heavily, some bring new features and others just fall to the waysid...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 22, 2012
What you see here folks is a Windows 7 desktop theme developed by Flickr user David Molina. Ice Cream Sandwich is pretty darn good looking, and David wanted to bring some of that to his desktop PC.
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 19, 2012
If you've been following recent Motorola Xoom developments, you'll know that the first "Google Experience" tablet has just been updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Alongside...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 18, 2012
The ASUS Transformer Prime is getting another OTA this evening, and reports say that the GPS is working much better. If you recall, there has been issues surrounding the aluminum casing and GP...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 18, 2012
As we first told you late last night, the Wifi-only version of the Motorola Xoom is in the midst of getting its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. Motorola's just released the full changelog...
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