Jelly Bean

2011 Sony Xperia models unlikely to receive Android 4.1 upgrades

A number of recent comments by Sony UK suggest that the company will not provide Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades to its 2011 Xperia device lineup. In a question and answer session conducted on Facebook, John Cooper, UK Product Manager for Sony Mobile, confirmed that neither the Sony Xperia Arc S nor the Sony Xperia Mini Pro would be upgraded […]

Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade roll out underway

Google today announced via Google+ and Twitter that it has begun to roll out Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi tablets. We’ve started rolling out Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi tablets. Enjoy the tasty update! The roll out is likely to be phased so it may take a bit of time for the update to […]

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update now hitting Google Nexus S in Canada

Australia’s Vodafone Google Nexus S owners may have to wait a bit longer for their Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades but it has landed in Canada. After a 1MB update that updated the Android 4.0.4 build number of my trusty Nexus S from IMM76D to IMM76M but seemingly little else earlier today, the Android 4.1.1 update followed shortly after (about […]

Rumour: Samsung readying Android 4.1 update for Galaxy S III

Samsung is already testing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the Galaxy S III according to SamMobile sources. Testing appears to be going well with Samsung being “almost ready” to provide an update to customers. No date is confirmed but an August or September time frame appears likely. The report adds that Samsung has also begun to test Android 4.1 on […]

HTC confirms Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades for some HTC One devices

On the heels of Australia’s Telstra effectively confirming that HTC would upgrade its HTC One lineup to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, HTC has issued a statement confirming that nearly the entire HTC One lineup will be upgraded: “We know HTC fans are excited to get their hands on Google’s latest version of Android. At this point in time, we can […]

Vodafone Australia halts Google Nexus S Android 4.1 update

Was it too good to be true? News broke yesterday that Vodafone Australia had approved the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Google Nexus S and that updates would start today. With only hours to go, Vodafone has now postponed the update. A blog post explains that the delay is due to “a software issue.” As a result, the […]

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to land on Google Nexus S starting July 19th?

Aside from the Google Nexus 7 which has Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preinstalled, only a handful of devices are so far confirmed to be receiving an upgrade to the latest version of Android (although that is likely to increase over the next few months). So far, the upgrade has begun for the Galaxy Nexus but it may be joined by […]