Motorola today announced that it will announce a timeline for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) updates within six weeks of Google releasing the code. It reached out to Droid-Life.com with the clarification after a tweet made earlier in the day suggested that it would release updates for many of its latest Android devices within six weeks of the code being available. The tweet in question read:
We’ll be releasing devices for ICS 6 weeks after Google releases the final version of it
Among the devices expected to get the update are the DROID RAZR (and likely the Motorola RAZR), the Motorola DROID BIONIC and the XOOM tablet. The tablet update was separately confirmed in Motorola’s support forums by a moderator:
I don’t know anything about if it will be first or not — have no insight into how other manufacturers do updates — but Xoom will get ICS. I just don’t have any timing to share.
It is unlikely at this point that any upgrades will be available by the end of the year. It will likely be early 2012. Throw in carrier testing and it could be a while before devices start getting the upgrades.
It’s likely that the same upgrades will be available in Canada for devices offered here. Based on past upgrades though, it may be a few more weeks after the US release before they are available in Canada.