After iOS 5, Ice Cream Sandwich OS to feature photo editing tools

The net is abuzz with rumors that Google’s next Android update – the Ice Cream Sandwich OS is rolling out tomorrow. The Ice Cream Sandwich OS is being awaited with baited breaths as the OS is considered the only real competitor of Apple’s iOS.

Rumors have gone far to suggest that the Ice Cream Sandwich OS might feature an inbuilt photo editing software, a concept that was introduced in the recently unveiled iOS 5.

Going by the speculations, it seems that Android 4.0 users will be able to use a slew of image editing abilities. Android Police has revealed a number of icons showing different functions such as exposure, crop, rotate etc. It also came up with screenshots related to various effects.

Even the filters don’t disappoint. With Photoshop-style editing onboard, one can easily edit the photos to provide animated effects that are getting quite popular.

Currently, people need to rely on external softwares such as Picplz, Photoshop etc to edit their photos. With hands-on camera editing and access to social networking sites via Android, Ice Cream Sandwich users will have the perfect combination of features to share their photos online, via their smartphone.

Currently, Google has neither denied nor confirmed the existence of such a tool. If, in case Ice Cream Sandwich does have such a feature, it’s going to be one of the differentiating factor between it and other operating systems such as iOS and Windows Phone OS.

Apple has already provided its consumers with an inbuilt camera assistant but the iOS 5 has only gone halfway through with it. While the camera-editing feature on iOS is new, it leaves much to be desired. And that it is where the Ice Cream Sandwich OS can gain the edge.

Operating system providers are not the only ones to provide this feature. Google Plus already features camera editing while Facebook is rumored to have one in the limbo.