Gingerbread Leak: Android’s Excellent New Skin Job Will Add Video Chat and Wi-Fi Calling Too [Unconfirmed]

One of the crucial first concrete details about Android 3.0 Gingerbread are pretty goddamn exciting . It’s a smoother, faster, better Android-potentially with built-in video chat and Google Voice Wi-Fi calling.

Here’s what Phandroid details, alongside the worst leaked picture in history. Imagine most of the aesthetic and UI improvements in Android 2.2 , taken to a better level:

• Many of the icons are redesigned and cleaner.
• The notifications bar is more grey, with a look not unlike TouchWiz’s taskbar.
• The full interface looks more unified with green becoming probably the most prominent color. The included Google apps will feel more integrated with the OS in addition.
• Lists now bounce once you hit the bottom or top, like iOS or Windows Phone, but with an orange glow at the boundary too.
• They’re working on implementing video chat using a similar protocols as Google Talk, though it could actually not make it into Gingerbread. (This could be great, because it’d be a legit competitor to FaceTime, especially since it’d cross the desktop boundary.)
• They’re also working on VoIP calls to Google Voice over cellular data and Wi-Fi

This is all ordinarilly exactly what Android must be competitive with iOS and Windows Phone 7, though we’d sure wish to see the launch of some the features Google demod at I/O in addition, like Google Music. Fortunately, there’s likely more to be seen. Take a look at Phandriod’s full account. [ Phandroid ]

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