Samsung Galaxy S3 & Note 2 Android 4.2 update timeframe
The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is gathering pace with more flagship smartphones that use the platform seeing the later version of the operating system reaching them, but last week Google muddied the waters a bit by announcing another version of the Jelly Bean software. Today we now have news of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note 2 Android 4.2 update timeframe.
Google has already begun pushing out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update to the Samsung Galaxy S3, even though users in the US and some customers of certain carriers in the UK are still waiting for the software to arrive.
The Galaxy Note 2 was launched with the software already on board but now as GottaBe Mobile is reporting there are reports that Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is being tipped to arrive on the handsets during the first quarter of next year.
If the rumours are correct the two smartphones will be the first Samsung devices to receive the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update, and the quarter runs from January through to March. Obviously this news hasn’t been confirmed by Samsung themselves so the usual pinch of salt is needed, but considering the specifications of the two handsets and the fact they are currently the flagship devices in the company’s line up, being the first to receive Android 4.2 makes sense.
Of course as with all Android software updates the arrival of them depends on individual carriers giving the software the OK, but the Galaxy S3 and Note 2 are extremely popular devices selling millions around the world.
The software that was only announced last week is a minor update to Jelly Bean that still brings with it some new features such as Photo Sphere, Daydream, and the Gesture-enabled Keyboard among other things.
Only yesterday we had a leaked Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean ROM for the original Galaxy Note, but its replacement is just reaching consumers in the US so there will be even more users looking forward to the first quarter of next year.
While some Android users get fed up waiting for new updates to arrive, those that have hardware already running Android Jelly Bean are arguably using the best version of the operating system so far, and waiting a while for a newer version is not too much of a hardship.
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9 thoughts on “Samsung Galaxy S3 & Note 2 Android 4.2 update timeframe”
And im waiting the 32GB version of the samsung galaxy note 2, the again wait for an update. People at social media say that carriers like t-mobile and at&t will delay the release of this update.
excellent update, but seems to have been very slow in distribution. Hope the 4.2. update is a better affair. Or might just download the rom for the country that gets it earliest and then just change the language settings to English…that ought to work
The new Gmail apk is awesome. Love the fact that html content in emails actually fit the screen. How long did this take Google to do? But well worth it
I’m done waiting. I’m trading in my S3 for a Nexus 4.
Having just bought a Nexus 7 and got 4.2 as soon as I powered the device up for the first time, I’m definitely going for a Nexus when I’m due for an upgrade.
I just spoke to Orange and they r finalizing the update and then b
sending it to Samsung. they said maybe upto 2-3 weeks. So just Chill or
update yourself!!!
so many bugs in 4.1. And we didn’t even get the full update. I would like to have the rest of the camera features, like going to gallery by sweeping the camera to the left and deleting pictures by dragging them down in film strip mode. Browser fails with Swype…no auto spacing, can’t select the last letter of a sentence. Using Samsung keyboard is even worse it won’t delete the first word in a search box. I get crap battery life and high cpu usage in stand by.
Samsung would be eager to update 4.2 as soon as it was released. I guess Google needs to step up its game on this one, instead of just making everyone buy a Nexus (which you can’t because it’s sold out anyway)
I would love to have a nexus 4 and a nexus 10, but can’t keep away from my s pen in my note 2 and note 10.1. If only updating was quicker. I like 4.2 and hope it arrives soon