It took the beautiful, glassy design of Ice Cream Sandwich and made it reliable . It took the promise of Bluetooth and made it useful . It took laggy scrolling and made it smooth .
Drop a comment below and let’s take a trip down memory lane. Looking for more retro-Android deep dives? Check out our history of the Nexus program next. android 4.3 jelly bean
Launched in July 2013, 4.3 didn’t get a flashy new dessert name. It was still Jelly Bean (following 4.1 and 4.2). On paper, it looked like a minor bump. In practice, Android 4.3 was the moment Google stopped building for developers and started building for users. It took the beautiful, glassy design of Ice