Android Gingerbread

The Gingerbread release introduced support for near field communication (NFC)—used in mobile payment solutions—and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)—used in VoIP internet telephones.{{Cite web|url = http://www.cnet.com/news/whats-new-in-googles-android-2-3-gingerbread/|title = What's new in Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread?|date = December 7, 2010|access-date = September 3, 2015|website = CNET|last = Graham|first = Flora|archive-date = August 11, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032308/https://www.cnet.com/news/whats-new-in-googles-android-2-3-gingerbread/|url-status = live}} The first phone with Android Gingerbread was the Nexus S.

Gingerbread's user interface was refined, making it easier to master, faster to use, and more power-efficient. A simplified color scheme with a black background gave vividness and contrast to the notification bar, menus, and other user interface components. Improvements in menus and settings resulted in easier navigation and system control.

The Nexus S smartphone, released in December 2010, was the first phone from the Google Nexus line that ran Gingerbread, and also the first one from the line with built-in NFC functionality.{{Cite web|url = https://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/the-nexus-s-a-closer-look/|title = The Nexus S: a closer look|date = November 15, 2010|access-date = September 3, 2015|website = Engadget|last = Hollister|first = Sean|archive-date = April 22, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190422135922/https://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/the-nexus-s-a-closer-look/|url-status = live}}

{{As of|2022|10}}, statistics issued by Google indicate that 0.11% of all Android devices accessing Google Play were running on Gingerbread.{{Cite web|url=https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html|title=Distribution dashboard|website=Android Developers|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501192418/https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html|url-status=live}} Google ceased sign-in support for Gingerbread on September 27, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Pollack |first=Zak |date=July 26, 2021 |title=Sign-in on Android devices running Android 2.3.7 or lower will not be allowed starting September 27 |url=https://support.google.com/android/thread/118703101/sign-in-on-android-devices-running-android-2-3-7-or-lower-will-not-be-allowed-starting-september-27?hl=en |access-date=August 2, 2021 |website=Google |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429084221/https://support.google.com/android/thread/118703101/sign-in-on-android-devices-running-android-2-3-7-or-lower-will-not-be-allowed-starting-september-27?hl=en |url-status=live }}

{{See also|Android version history#Android 2.3 Gingerbread}}

New features introduced by Gingerbread include the following:

• Updated user interface design, providing increased ease of use and efficiency.
• Support for extra-large screen sizes and resolutions (WXGA and higher).
• Native support for SIP VoIP internet telephones.
• Improved text input using the virtual keyboard, with improved accuracy, better text suggestions, and voice input capability.
• Enhanced copy/paste functionality, allowing users to select a word by press-holding, copying, and pasting.
• Support for Near Field Communication (NFC), allowing the user to read NFC tags embedded in posters, stickers, or advertisements.
• New audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost.
• New Download Manager, giving users easy access to any file downloaded from the browser, email, or another application.
• Support for multiple cameras on the device, including a front-facing camera, if available.
• Support for WebM/VP8 video playback, and AAC audio encoding.
• Improved power management, including more active management of power-consuming applications.
• Enhanced support for native code development.
• A switch from YAFFS to ext4 file system on newer devices.
• Audio, graphical, and input enhancements for game developers.
• Concurrent garbage collection for increased performance.
• Native support for more sensors (such as gyroscopes and barometers).
• The first Android easter egg, which depicts the Android mascot standing beside a zombified gingerbread man in a field of other zombies talking on cell phones, presumably Android smartphones.
• Improved speed over Froyo due to system updates.

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• Android version history
• iOS 4
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard
• Windows Phone 7
• Windows 7

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