YouTube's Eileen Rivera posted the screenshot above on Google+, showing a lighter, more colorful design with more prominence given to the main store areas, and larger app icons below. "Games" also gets its own entry, whereas before it was found under "Apps."

These are the features as rumored:

• Access the same conversation list from anywhere
• A new, conversation-based UI
• Advanced group conversations
• Ability to send pictures
• Improved notifications across devices

Google Play 4.0 will likely be released at this year's Google I/O (Google Developer Conference)

Source: AndroidCentral

According to SamMobile, two of Samsung's popular devices are getting Jelly Bean updates now.  The Samsung Galaxy S II i9100P and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0.  Both updates are OTA (over-the-air), as well as through Samsung Kies.

In case you're wondering, the Galaxy S II i9100P comes with an NFC chip, unlike the regular S II i9100. And speaking of the i9100, Jelly Bean updates for it have started in January.

Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus P6200 is currently available only in Austria. But more countries should follow shortly.

Some of the Enhancements in the new Jelly Bean Update:

- Buttery Smooth Performance & Great Stability (Thanks to Project Butter)
- Full User Interface Revamp (Same UI as of the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II)
- TouchWiz Nature UX
- Samsung's S Cloud services
- Improved Camera features
- New Lockscreen With Many Customization Options
- New Features like Direct Call, Smart Stay and Pop-up Play
- New Widgets (From Galaxy S III)
- 2 Home screen modes
- New Notification bar With More Notification Toggles
- Google Now

The Android distribution chart shows the total number of users of various Android firmware and many developers and news writers use this as a basis for their projects and reports. This is critical information for those who want to create updates and versions of their applications and it is also a good PR booster for Android, since it shows the total number of users, which can easily be compared to those who use other platforms.

It seems that the old way of data collection to display the actual number of users is inaccurate and is not really doing their PR good in the process. Google changed the way they collect data and now only shows the firmware of active Android devices that visit the Google Play Store, which will yield a better and more updated result.

According to Android Developers, the new way of data collection "reflects the percentage of those that use the Android and Google Play most" as compared to the old method of tallying those who only use the Google servers. Because of this, Jelly Bean users jump to 25% from 16.5% using the old method of data collection.

Source: Android Developers

A few months back, China acknowledged that it largely depends on Android for its mobile communications needs. It even expressed concern over the consistently growing influence of Google and Android in its society and by year end last year, it is home to approximately 224M Android users and the numbers just keep on growing.

By end of 2013, this number could easily reach 300M owing to the sale of lower-end devices that use Android as their operating system. According to Wandoujia, a staggering 86% of smartphones in China run on Android. This very little differentiation has initially made experts anxious about Google's impact on their system. Also, this anxiety stems from China's bitter relationship with Google. This just goes to show how universal Android is. It goes beyond boundaries and even its opponents recognize that it as a good platform.

source: techinasia

The Lenovo S920 is now official, and it has appeared over at Lenovo China's webstore, however you cannot buy it at this moment.

Lenovo S920 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, it's probably the first Lenovo smartphone to runs this version of JB. That aside, the new handset offers a 5.3 inch HD (1280 x 720) display, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM, MicroSD card support, 2,250 mAh battery.

It will come wiwht a case that's only 7.9mm thin. Lenovo is continuing its collaboration with MediaTek, and has armed the S920 with the company's MT6589 quad-core processor.

Lenovo S920 going to be available in China starting early April.

Source: Lenovo