That Android 3.1 update that Google announced during I/O is slowly rolling out to 3G Xoom owners at the moment. How’d we all know any such thing? Why, it just landed on our in-house Xoom, in fact! Lots of the changes to Honeycomb are happening under the hood — better HTML5 support, faster performance, and USB host functionality for connecting peripherals like game controllers and mice — but there are some improvements with the intention to be so much more obvious to the user. Perhaps our favourite is the addition of resizable widgets. For the instant only the e-mail and Gmail inbox, calendar and bookmarks widgets may be stretched or shrunk, but we’re sure others will follow. We’re particularly appreciative of the expandable calendar widget, which always felt a tad cramped. The duty switcher also received a far requested upgrade and now permits you to scroll through your last 18 launched apps, rather than just the five newest. Lastly, the Android Market now offers movie rentals, alongside books and apps, which range in price from $1.99 to $4.99 for twenty-four hours of playback. There is no ton of revolutionary stuff taking place here, but it’s certainly a welcome and worthwhile update. Look at the video after the break to work out Android 3.1 in action.
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