Google's Android 2.1: How It'll Change Your Phone

12.01.2010
Google officially (SDK) this week, giving programmers their first glimpse under the hood of the updated operating system.

Android 2.1 debuted on the new handset and is expected to -- including the Motorola Droid, Motorola Cliq, and HTC Droid Eris -- very soon. While Google calls the update a "," Android 2.1 includes several interface changes that are sure to catch your eye.

Here's a look at what you can expect.

Live Wallpapers

Those cool "" seen on the Nexus One are actually a standard feature of Android 2.1. The interactive backgrounds move in different ways: Some shift and swirl as you navigate around your home screens; others generate visualizations based upon music or finger-taps.

Additional Home Screens