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Latest Official Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OTA update to be available for Sony Xperia Z, ZL, ZR, Tablet Z, SP and Z Ultra before the end of 2013

Android 4.3 for Sony Xperia Devices

As you know that, the new Android 4.3 Jelly Bean has been launched yesterday and already Sony has made an announced where said that Xperia devices are ready for be upgraded to Android 4.3 JB until the end of 2013.

The new Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS availability for Xperia series comes from Sony Mobile Blog, and the others models need to wait until Sony will integrate the new system for them.

For the moment,  Sony devices are running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean officially, but its devices are planned to be updated with Android 4.2 next month and after this intermediary update, they will begin roll out the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OTA Updates, there is no official release date for the latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean build system.

According our source Sony Mobile Blog, Sony devices which are planned to receive Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update this year are the Xperia SP, Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z and Xperia Z Ultra devices. Probably some of these devices might get the JB 4.3 firmware update directly without an intermediary updating to the Android 4.2 JB.

The new JB 4.3 update will be an OTA (over-the-air) update for the devices. As numerous sources informed us, the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Galaxy Nexus devices have been confirmed to obtain the Android 4.3 JB update immediately, and HTC One Google Editions and Galaxy S4 devices will receive also the JB 4.3 soon.

Like in the past, the new OTA update will be part of phases process and the timing and availability for receiving this latest OTA OS update will be determinated by the market and carrier.

More information about the date of receive the latest OTA JB 4.3 should emerge next month after the next Android 4.2 will be received by Xperia Tablet Z and Xperia ZR devices.

The Android 4.3 Jelly Bean comes with numerous new features as restricted profiles for multi-user functions, Expandable Notifications, better Google Maps, Google Play Games app, A new look for Google Search, Bluetooth Smart Ready feature, new improvement for camera, new features for keyboard with smarter keyboard with Gesture Typing, OpenGL ES 3.0 for a better graphics features, Background Wi-Fi location, DRM APIs, Dial Pad autocomplete, Bluetooth AVRCP.  More details about what’s new with new Android 4.3 at here.

Some of the new features are presented in Android 4.2 JB OS, but some Android-based devices will receive directly from Android 4.1 to Android 4.3.

We will keep you inform about the latest Android 4.3 release date for different Xperia devices. For verifying the availability of a new update, on your Xperia device, you should check if there are some automatically OTA notifications with the latest JB 4.3 or Android 4.2 JB.

I know that some of these new features were already present in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean but, since some devices will get directly from Jelly Bean 4.1 to 4.3, then I had to list those too.

 

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