Saturday 8 June 2013

Samsung Galaxy S III Jelly Bean upgrade in October

Samsung will deploy an Android 'Jelly Bean' 4.1 update to its flagship Galaxy S III handset next month, the manufacturer has said.Apparently hoping to improve on the snail-like pace at which it updated the Galaxy S II, the Jelly Bean upgrade will come just around four or five months after the device went on sale. A week or so ago, Samsung said it had sold 20 million of the handsets in the first 100 days of availability.The news that the Samsung Galaxy S III would get Jelly Bean in October came via our sister site , which received a categorical statement from Samsung.
                                                             
                           
As that piece also noted, the  version of the S III that  will launch later this year will come with Jelly Bean from the start.Android 4.1 is pretty similar to Android 4.0, with one notable difference: the addition of the Google Now personal assistant feature. Google Now is in some ways a rival to Apple's  and also extends Google's semantic search efforts onto mobile devices.

Samsung Galaxy S III owners will only have to wait one more month to get their device upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.  on Tuesday reported that Samsung’s premier smartphone will finally be getting Jelly Bean in October, months after it was first announced at Google.Upgrading a big-name device such as the Galaxy S III should do wonders for Jelly Bean’s adoption rate, as Google  says that less than 2% of all Android devices currently use the latest version of its operating system

Sprint's the first US carrier to get the long-awaited Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy S III. Featured as an  update, your device may start seeing it as early as today. Don't worry too much if this doesn't happen right away; experience has shown us that these large-scale can be a lengthy process spanning the course of a couple weeks. android phone Feel free to shout out in the comments if your device has already prompted you for the update. The press release is found below.

AT&T today confirmed that the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is now available for the Samsung Galaxy S III.The update is available via the Samsung  update software; it will not be offered as an over-the-air download, Samsung said.Those who do not have can get it via Samsung's website. Once installed, Galaxy S III users should visit Samsung's support site, connect the device to the PC, and follow the steps at the bottom of the page.

Samsung has confirmed that will be bringing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to its flagship Galaxy S III in the U.S., and users shouldn't have to wait too much longer for it.The South Korean electronics giant posted a chart (below) on its official support site listing which of its U.S. smartphones are expected to receive an update to Google's latest mobile operating system, dubbed Jelly Bean. The chart notes that the update is "coming soon" for the Samsung Galaxy S III through all major U.S. carriers — Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular.

Samsung's flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy , will be updated with the latest version of Android in October, the company announced.Android 4.1 or Jelly Bean brings numerous improvements, including smoother user interface, improved accessibility, expandable notifications, improved camera and voice search, among other updates.

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