We’ve been waiting to see what optimisations and shiny bits the Android team were working on with the Ice Cream Sandwich update expected sometime next month.

Thanks to one lucky eBay shopper who purchased a second hand Samsung Nexus S only to find on arrival it was running Ice Cream Sandwhich, we now have a 2 minute video showing off some of the features we can expect to see.

Some of the clear improvements are:

  • Updated lockscreen that looks similar to the Honeycomb lockscreen but with Camera on unlock button.
  • Improved Camera UI.
  • Recent Apps button on home screen.
  • Settings button in Notification bar when opened.
  • Long press on home button brings up visual task switcher, similar to Honeycomb.
  • Revamped settings layout with “System” & “Personal” sections.
  • App Drawer now has tab for widgets and shows a preview.
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    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fm4ft6V4lo&w=560&h=315]

    It looks like this update really will bring the Honeycomb experience to Android phones and from what we can see it’s going to be one hell of an update.

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