Android Jelly Bean (4.1) was first announced at Google I/O on June 27, 2012. The first device to run Jelly Bean, the original Google Nexus 7, followed later that summer. Despite now being over two years old, Jelly Bean can still be found on 46% of Android devices. Given how prevalent it remains, one would assume that security updates for […]
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Android 4.3 update for Xperia T and Xperia SP now available in Canada
Lost a bit in the flurry of MWC 2014 announcements, Sony Mobile today announced that an update to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean is now available in Canada for the Sony Xperia T and Xperia SP which had been carried by Bell Mobility, Eastlink, Mobilicity, MTS, Rogers Wireless and WIND Mobile. Use PC Companion to access the #Android 4.3 update for […]
Xperia Android 4.3 update lands in Canada for Xperia Z, ZL, Z1 and Z Ultra
Good news for Canadian owners of a number of Sony Xperia devices. Sony Canada just tweeted that its Xperia Android 4.3 update for the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra are now available. The #Android 4.3 update for #XperiaZ #XperiaZL #XperiaZ1 & #XperiaZUltra is available in Canada! Connect to PC Companion to update. — Sony Xperia […]
Sony rolling out Android 4.3 upgrade for Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z
Sony Mobile yesterday announced that it had begun to roll out its Android 4.3 Jelly Bean upgrade for the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z. Much like the just announced Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra Android 4.3 upgrade, it includes not only the latest version of Android Jelly Bean but a few other Sony enhancements […]
Sony Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra Android 4.3 upgrade rollout now underway
There is good news today for Sony Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra owners. Sony Mobile announced that it is now rolling out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to both devices. The update includes not only the latest version of Android Jelly Bean but a few other Sony enhancements. “We’ve been working to blend our Sony Xperia software with Google’s Jelly […]
Jelly Bean now on 54.5% of Android devices with KitKat staking out 1.1%
The latest installment of the Android Platform Versions report is out. As usual, it tracks the devices that accessed the Google Play Store in the prior 7 days and provides a summary of the Android versions seen over the previous seven days. Designed to help developers decide which versions to support in their apps, it also continues to give us […]
Jelly Bean finally on nearly half of Android devices
Android Jelly Bean (4.1.x through to 4.3.x ) finally overtook Gingerbread back in July. It is now about to make its way onto more than half of Android devices. The latest numbers on the Android Platform Versions Dashboard show that Jelly Bean now accounts for 48.6 percent of Android devices, up 3.5 percent from 45.1 percent only a month ago. The […]
Android 4.3.1 rolling out to LTE Nexus 7 (2013)
Google has begun to push out a small Android update to the LTE version of the Nexus 7 (2013) tablet. Android 4.3.1 weighs in at about 10MB and appears to be no more than a small maintenance release. Even the build number, JLS36I, is not a majpr bump over build version JLS36C that first shipped with the tablet. At the […]