Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch

Posted on 02 February 2010 by


I no sooner finished typing and posting the news that a new iPhone update had been released when I spotted the word over on Engadget that Google’s out today with a major update for Nexus One users.

Google Goggles now comes pre-installed, the Google Maps application has been re-done and now includes suggestions and a dedicated night mode.

But most importantly, and most excitingly the Nexus one now has multitouch enabled in the Browser, Gallery and Maps applications.

This is huge news for Nexus One users and the entire Android Community in general.

The update is also said to fix the 3G issues many users were experiencing as well.

Google says the update will be live for everyone towards the end of the week, they are rolling it out slowly so keep an eye on your notifications bar as it might come sooner.

Engadget has some video of multitouch in action on the Nexus One here.

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  • http://www.geardiary.com Michael Anderson

    … and the Droid still awaits the LAST update …

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  • http://houseofoctober.com/news aaronfg

    Did this last night. Everything works great!

    The pinch zoom isn’t a hard stop though. It sort of slows down the tween when your pinch ends.

    I know that’s not exactly the best description of what it does, but if you pinch zoom on an image on both the iphone and the nexus you’ll see what i mean.

    The iPhone ends the zoom right when your fingers stop. The nexus continues for a split second. Tweening it.