The Android 2.0 platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new features and technologies in Android 2.0.

- [New User Features](https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-2.0-highlights#UserFeatures)
- [New Platform Technologies](https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-2.0-highlights#PlatformTechnologies)

## New User Features

![](https://developer.android.com/static/sdk/images/2.0/quick-connect.png)  
Quick Contact for Android  
![](https://developer.android.com/static/sdk/images/2.0/multiple-accounts.png)  
Multiple Accounts  
![](https://developer.android.com/static/sdk/images/2.0/mms-search.png)  
Messaging Search  
![](https://developer.android.com/static/sdk/images/2.0/email-inbox.png)  
Email Combined Inbox  
![](https://developer.android.com/static/sdk/images/2.0/camera-modes.png)  
Camera Modes

### Contacts and accounts

- Multiple accounts can be added to a device for email and contact synchronization, including Exchange accounts. (Handset manufacturers can choose whether to include Exchange support in their devices.)
- Developers can create sync adapters that provide synchronization with additional data sources.
- Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to a contact's information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications such as Email, Messaging, and Calendar can also reveal the Quick Contact widget when you touch a contact photo or status icon.

### Email

- Exchange support.
- Combined inbox to browse email from multiple accounts in one page.

### Messaging

- Search functionality for all saved SMS and MMS messages.
- Auto delete the oldest messages in a conversation when a defined limit is reached.

### Camera

- Built-in flash support
- Digital zoom
- Scene mode
- White balance
- Color effect
- Macro focus

### Android virtual keyboard

- An improved keyboard layout to makes it easier to hit the correct characters and improve typing speed.
- The framework's multi-touch support ensures that key presses aren't missed while typing rapidly with two fingers.
- A smarter dictionary learns from word usage and automatically includes contact names as suggestions.

### Browser

- Refreshed UI with actionable browser URL bar enables users to directly tap the address bar for instant searches and navigation.
- Bookmarks with web page thumbnails.
- Support for double-tap zoom.
- Support for HTML5:<br />

  - Database API support, for client-side databases using SQL.
  - Application cache support, for offline applications.
  - Geolocation API support, to provide location information about the device.
  - `<video>`tag support in fullscreen mode.

### Calendar

- Agenda view provides infinite scrolling.
- Events indicate the attending status for each invitee.
- Invite new guests to events.

## New Platform Technologies

### Media Framework

Revamped graphics architecture for improved performance that enables better hardware acceleration.

### Bluetooth

- Bluetooth 2.1
- New BT profiles: Object Push Profile (OPP) and Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)

### New Framework APIs

Android 2.0 includes several new developer APIs. For an overview of new APIs, see the[Android 2.0 version notes](https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-2.0#api).

For a complete report of all API changes, see the[API Differences Report](https://developer.android.com/sdk/api_diff/5/changes).