Jean-Baptiste Queru has announced Android 4.0.3 is pushing to the Android Open Source Project, also claiming it’s the best release ever in his eyes. It certainly should be the best release ever since this is the first time we’re seeing AOSP ready to go on multiple platforms. This build is locked and loaded to work on the Galaxy Nexus (mysid and yakju builds), US Motorola XOOM variants, and all Nexus S devices. 4.0.3 is also optimized to work on devices that may not have the horsepower of the Galaxy Nexus.
Out of the box, this is the first time that AOSP works on 3 different
device families, the first time that it works on tablets, the first
time that it works directly on a device that’s neither an ADP nor a
Nexus, and the first time that it works on Verizon devices.
We’ve all known Ice Cream Sandwich would be the Android OS that would bridge the gap between phones and tablets. If done right, this will put Android right where it needs to be from a development standpoint to move forward at a faster pace. Let us know what you think right down there in the comments because this is huge news for Android.
[via Google Groups]