The talk in the Android world right now is about Android 2.2, codenamed FroYo. FroYo will build on the improvements made in the last major release, Éclair by increasing speed and adding some great new features. More on that in a bit.
Google has been releasing builds to Nexus One owners already, but as for the rest of us, we’re still waiting for phone manufacturers to build their versions and release the official builds for our phones. The source code was released a few weeks ago, so we should start seeing releases by the end of the month. There are rumors that the release for the Motorola Droid will be coming as soon as mid-July. The Droid should be one of the first phones to receive the update as it doesn’t require any major changes to the interface. In contrast, HTC has said that they will have FroYo released to all of their latest phones by Christmas, so you Sense users have some waiting to do. [Phandroid] (more…)