Android 4.3 Factory Images Release by Google on Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10

Google has officially announce that the Android 4.3 update is now live for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 devices. The update has already began earlier today throughout the world. In addition, factory images are now available and of course the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) for developers source code 'android-4.3_r2.1' are now also available for grab.



Some features of Android 4.3 update:

- Bluetooth Smart (or Bluetooth LE, aka Low Energy)
- OpenGL ES 3.0 support (for much improved graphics)
- Restricted Profiles (an extension of multi-user support on tablets)
- Background Wi-Fi location (uses Wi-Fi for providing location even when Wi-Fi is switched off)
- Dial pad autocomplete
- Google Play Games (for multiplayer gaming, supported in games like Riptide GP2)
- Faster user-switching
- Afrikaans, Amharic, Hindi, Swalihi, Zulu support (also Hebrew, Arabic RTL)
- Easier text input
- DRM APIs

Here's a taste of what's new on AOSP:

OpenGL ES 3.0 — Game developers can now take advantage of OpenGL ES 3.0 and EGL extensions as standard features of Android, with access from either framework or native APIs.
Bluetooth Smart — Now your apps can communicate with the many types of low-power Bluetooth Smart devices and sensors available today, to provide new features for fitness, medical, location, proximity, and more.
Restricted profiles — Tablet owners can create restricted profiles to limit access to apps, for family, friends, kiosks, and more. Your app can offer various types of restrictions to let tablet owners control its capabilities in each profile.
New media capabilities — A modular DRM framework enables media application developers to more easily integrate DRM into their own streaming protocols such as MPEG DASH. Apps can also access a built-in VP8 encoder from framework or native APIs for high-quality video capture.
Notification access — Your apps can now access and interact with the stream of status bar notifications as they are posted. You can display them in any way you want, including routing them to nearby Bluetooth devices, and you can update and dismiss notifications as needed.
Improved profiling tools — New tags in the Systrace tool and on-screen GPU profiling give you new ways to build great performance into your app.

Factory images are here for those who can't wait to update via OTA. https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

via: Android Developers Blog