Google announced the next iteration of its Android mobile operating system, version 4.3, at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday. The new version of Android is actually the third version to carry the "Jelly Bean" label, as opposed to the rumored next-generation leap, "Key Lime Pie."
Android 4.3 introduces a number of new features. Multi-user support, which was first introduced in Android 4.2, now gets a big improvement in restricted profiles, intended as a parental-control feature, where some users have access to only selected apps.
The new version of Android also supports OpenGL 3.0, enabling better graphics experiences in Android games, plus it introduces support for a new set of APIs for better digital content protection, which will enable more apps to serve up full HD (1080p) video. The first app to include the feature is the latest version of Netflix, which is already in Google Play.
Android 4.3 also introduces many other features, including support for Bluetooth Smart devices, background Wi-Fi location, more language support and "easier text input."
Google's new Nexus 7 tablet will be the first device to run Android 4.3. Google's previous-generation Nexus devices will get the update, starting today, including the previous Nexus 7, the Nexus 10 tablet, the Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus smartphones.
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Android 4.3 comes about nine months after Google introduced version 4.2 with the Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet, and about a year after the first flavor of Jelly Bean, Android 4.1.
Correction: This article originally implied multi-user support was new in Android 4.3, but it was actually introduced in Android 4.2.