Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" source code released

Jean-Baptiste Queru, Technical Lead for the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), has announced that Google is in the process of releasing the Android 4.1 source code to the AOSP repository. Android 4.1, code-named "Jelly Bean", was released at the Google I/O conference at the end of June.

Alongside the source code release, Google will be providing binary firmware for the Galaxy Nexus phone and the new Nexus 7 tablet (which already ships with Jelly Bean). This will enable open source developers to start working on custom ROMs for these devices immediately. Binaries for the Nexus S phone and the Motorola Xoom tablet are also expected to be released some time soon.