Verizon Wireless has finally released a significant upgrade for its variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The JZO54K.I605VRAMC3 update brings the Galaxy Note 2′s software version to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and comes with a long list of new features and enhancements. This includes better app support for Multi Window View, a notification...
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Sprint Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE users rejoice, your Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade has arrived! The 9.8.2Q-122_XT897_FFW-5 update delivers popular Jelly bean features and additional enhancements/fixes to the nearly 10-month old smartphone on the Now Network. The upgrade should be pushed out in phases over the next few weeks. Users can also try...
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After Sony initiated the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update process for the Xperia P, Xperia go and Xperia E dual today, users of other Xperia smartphones from 2012 must be wondering when their respective devices will see similar upgrades. Back in December, Sony mentioned the Xperia S, Xperia SL, Xperia ion and Xperia acro...
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Sony started rolling out upgrades to the Xperia P, Xperia go and Xperia E dual smartphones today, bringing each of those devices up to date with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The update will be pushed in phases over the next month or so. Sony originally planned to update the aforementioned handsets in late March,...
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Verizon Wireless has announced significant changes to its upgrade policies. Big Red subscribers will no longer qualify for an upgrade discount at 20 months, as those with contracts expiring in January 2014 or later will now need to wait the full 24 months before upgrading to a new Android, iPhone, Windows Phone or any...
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As promised, Verizon Wireless will soon upgrade the Motorola Droid Bionic to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The 98.72.22 OTA software update will be pushed out in phases beginning Monday, April 15. Jelly bean introduces significant new features to Big Red’s original 4G LTE handset, including expanded notifications, a smarter keyboard, more intuitive voice searching...
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The LG Optimus G Pro, which released in Korea in March, will soon get a “Value Pack” software upgrade on April 12th. The update will add new and improved UX features, which include Smart Video, Pause & Resume Recording and Dual Camera. Smart Video integrates eye recognition to automatically play or stop video without...
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Google updated the Chrome Beta Web browser for Android to version 27 with a couple new features, including full screen support for Android smartphones, tab history on tablets, client-side certificate support and simpler searching. Check out the full changelog of enhancements, performance fixes and known issues below, then grab the latest Chrome Beta update...
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Today, Google has started rolling out a redesigned Google Play store to Android smartphones and tablets. The search giant describes the update as simple, clean and claims it will help users find great entertainment quicker than ever. The redesigned store introduces bigger images, grouped content, new recommendations, and simplified checkout. The Google Play 4.0...
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Today, Asus started rolling out the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean upgrade to the Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700) tablet. While Asus did not reveal a proper changelog for the software update, which was announced in a brief message on Facebook, Android 4.2 should enhance performance and stability, as well as introduce several new features, which...
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Sprint has made a firmware upgrade to Android 4.1 Jelly bean available for the 18-month old Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch smartphone. Unlike most updates, which are pushed over the air in phases, the GB27 software update is only accessible to the user as an over-the-wire download on Samsung’s support site. Epic...
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The Google Translate app for Android has been updated to version 2.6 with an incredible new feature. The popular translation app can now translate foreign languages without an Internet or data connection. This is achieved through downloadable offline language packages for devices running Android 2.3 and above. Simply download one or more of the...
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Along with the new wallpapers and ringtones, the Samsung Galaxy S4 ROM dump also made the new S Voice app available for download. It’s supposedly working well on the Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II and Nexus 4, though there have been reports of some issues with AOSP-based ROMs. S Voice is based on...
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Verizon Wireless posted the full changelog for the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OTA update that should already be rolling out in phases to the Galaxy Nexus. As expected, the JDQ39 upgrade introduces significant, new features like Photo Sphere, Notification Panel enhancements, LockScreen Widgets and Gesture Typing to Big Red’s LTE variant of the Galaxy...
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Verizon Wireless has finally upgraded its Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Android 4.1.1 to 4.2.2 Jelly Bean (JDQ39). While 4.2.2 is the latest version of Android to date, the Google-backed Nexus device should have received build 4.2 months ago. Instead, users have had to sit through inexcusable and unexplained delays. The GSM Galaxy Nexus was...
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