An early build of Android 2.0 “Donut” is now available, ready for use on G1

The official Android repository has been updated with a whole bunch of things related to Donut, and it can be assumed that the developer community has already devoted a day to working with it. Judging by the early reviews, all the features demonstrated on Google I / O this year somehow fell into this build: universal search, text-to-speech, gesture support (allows users to draw characters on the screen and associate them with specific actions) . In addition, the source code found indications of support for the CDMA standard, which is necessary for Sprint and Verison operators, both of which, of course, will have their Android devices anyway. Also in the system there is a cool block of widget switches for the home screen, which can be used to control WiFi and Bluetooth.

What is most interesting is that the community has concentrated its work on two main things. Firstly, the “Donut” assembly is actively ported to existing devices, for example, the version for G1 (and, accordingly, Android Dev Phone 1) is already available (albeit very, very unstable and unfinished). Secondly, work is being done on extracting the main features of the “Donut” (new widgets, for example) and inserting them into the system 1.5 custom firmware so that you can take advantage of the new system without losing stability. Although, if you are an adventurous, almost crazy G1 owner, you can start your adventures in the world of “Donut” now.

Links to xda-developers: Discussion of the repository in and port for G1