The first software update for Google Glass has been issued that includes a number of new features.
Users of the Google Glass device have started to receive their first software updates for their head-mounted computers.
The update includes a dozen new features that Google hopes will make the devices even more useful.
First Update
The new Google Glass XE5 software update is being rolled out to Glass users as their devices are connected to their chargers, according to a report from Phandroid.The new features in the XE5 update, according to Phandroid, include the following:
- A change to the device’s sync policy. It now requires power as well as Wi-Fi for background uploads.
- Crash reporting for the devices.
- Incoming Google+ notifications for direct shares, comments and +mentions.
- Incoming Google+ Hangout notifications.
- Increased speed for transcription of queries and messages.
- Users can now use a long-press to search from anywhere in the user interface.
- International number dialling and Short Message Service (SMS) are now included.
- A new On-Head Detection calibration flow for improved operation.
- Appearance of the devices serial number on the device info card to make it easier to find.
- Improved and more reliable estimation of battery charge time that is remaining.

Each Google Glass device includes adjustable nose pads and a high-resolution display that Google said is the equivalent of a 25-inch high-definition screen from 8 feet away. The glasses also boast a built-in camera that takes 5-megapixel photos and video at 720p. Audio is delivered to the wearer through their bones, using a bone-conduction transducer that previously had been revealed in earlier reports.
Developer Push
Glass comes with its own dedicated micro-USB cable and charger. Glass is built to be compatible with any Bluetooth-capable phone, while its companion MyGlass app requires Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher.Also in April, Google released the open-source Android-based kernel code for its Glass project to encourage software developers to begin much more Google Glass apps development in a big way.
The Linux code was released on 27 April on the Google Glass kernel source Web page for now, but another Website will likely be established for the code, according to Google.

The basic components of Glass are an Android-powered display, a tiny Webcam, a GPS locator and an Internet connection node built into one side of a pair of glasses.
Early users have wasted no time trying out their new devices and reporting how they are working to the rest of us on posts on Google+, Twitter and other Websites.
The Glass project was unveiled officially for the first time to developers at last June’s Google I/O conference. Google Glass is not expected to be widely available to consumers until 2014, according to the company.
Earlier in April, Google’s investment arm, Google Ventures, launched a “Glass Collective” organisation to seek out and nurture startups that can add features and capabilities to the Glass project.
In March, it was reported that the head-mounted Glass devices would be assembled in Santa Clara, California, by well-known Taiwanese device builder Foxconn to showcase electronics manufacturing capabilities in the United States.
Source: techweekeurope.co.uk
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