Android Team “Laser Focused” On The User Experience For Next Release

Google's Android team has been pushing new versions of the operating system at a furious pace since the first Android device hit the market in 2008. Lots of features have been added over the last couple of years. But the user experience hasn't evolved much. That's all going to change in the next version, we've heard from multiple sources close to Google. The team more or less has the core features they want at this point, say our sources, although more tweaks are certainly coming. But Google wants to put an end the desire of handset manufacturers and carriers to add their own UI layer on top of Google - things like Sense, Motoblur, Ninjablur, etc. Most of the time their shells aren't all that great anyway (see HTC EVO), and they tend to slow down the device.