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Google Buys French Firm FlexyCore to Bring More Butter to Android; Improve Performance

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At last year’s I/O conference, Google announced Project Butter in Android 4.1. The oddly, yet aptly named Project Butter was a shot in the arm for Android’s performance and boy, did it work. Devices that were updated to Android 4.1 were noticeably smoother than those running Android 4.0 and the Butter has kept coming with subsequent releases of Jelly Bean. Android 4.3 added support for newer versions of OpenGL ES and generally updated core components of Android. Now, it looks Android might be getting even quicker in the future, thanks to the search giant’s most recent purchase. According to French publication,  L’Express,  FlexyCore has been bought by Google for $23 Million. You might not have heard of FlexyCore, they’re the team behind the DroidBooster app that promised to bring high-end performance to all devices. We have no doubt that FlexyCore had something to do with Project Butter in the first place and now, the team is to become part of the Android team. In fact, a Google spok