{"id":1729,"date":"2013-10-09T07:14:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T07:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2013-10-11T15:24:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T15:24:20","slug":"firefox-os-update-1-1-adds-new-features-performance-improvements-and-additional-language-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2013\/10\/09\/firefox-os-update-1-1-adds-new-features-performance-improvements-and-additional-language-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox OS Update (1.1) Adds New Features, Performance Improvements and Additional Language Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-604a2893-9be5-5db7-2395-8768055621ea\">Just weeks after the first Firefox OS phones hit the market, an update is being made available adding new features, support for a number of new languages and significant performance improvements. There have been hundreds of improvements added to Firefox OS, but we wanted to give you a brief overview of some of the highlights from this release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>MMS support:<\/strong> you can send and receive pictures, audio and video files via MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service).<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Push Notifications API:<\/strong> developers can make use of push to deliver timely notifications to apps and reduce overall battery consumption.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Adaptive app search<\/strong> is now front and center on the home screen, making it easier and faster to find the content you want.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Contact Management enhancements:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Gmail and Hotmail contact import: it&#8217;s now even easier to get your contacts onto a Firefox OS phone. We&#8217;ve now added the ability to import your existing contacts from either Gmail or Hotmail, in addition to the existing Facebook or SIM card import options.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Add to contacts: You can easily add any phone number or e-mail address to your contacts that is listed in your call log, SMS messages or e-mail. Simply long tap the relevant information to directly create a new contact or add information to existing contacts.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Dialer suggestions: Start entering phone numbers or names into the Dialer to quickly find a specific contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Performance improvements:<\/strong> Experience faster application load times and smoother scrolling<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Firefox browser downloads:<\/strong> Save images, audio and video from the browser with ease<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Keyboard improvements:<\/strong> Auto correction fixes words that you accidentally misspell.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>E-Mail enhancements:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><\/strong>Draft Mode: Automatically save in-progress e-mails offline so you can finish and send them later.<\/li>\n<li>Download audio and video attachments: Save audio and video e-mail attachments in addition to image files to your gallery.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Sending image attachments: Attach and send Gallery images directly within the e-mail application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Music Search:<\/strong> Finding a favorite song is easy with the new music search functionality, simply swipe down from the top of the Music app to reveal a search bar and find music by artist, album or song title.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calendar enhancements:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Direct event creation: Just tap on the desired time slot to create a new calendar event.<\/li>\n<li>Calendar event reminders: Set reminders to be notified of calendar events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourteen languages supported.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Firefox OS update will be available for current users and on developer phones soon. For more details on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Mozilla\/Firefox_OS\/Developer_phone_guide\/ZTE_OPEN\">purchase developer devices, visit MDN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>&#8211; Chris Lee, Director of Product for Firefox OS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just weeks after the first Firefox OS phones hit the market, an update is being made available adding new features, support for a number of new languages and significant performance &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2013\/10\/09\/firefox-os-update-1-1-adds-new-features-performance-improvements-and-additional-language-support\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24660],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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