Now that certain Samsung Galaxy S3s are receiving the highly-anticipated Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update, there'll be plenty of Galaxy S3 owners, especially in the United States, wondering when the update will land on their device. If all goes according to plan, U.S. Galaxy S3 owners should see their Android 4.3 update before November is over.
Although some dates have been called into question, most of the big money is on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean starting to roll out Stateside anytime now. According to a leaked Best Buy internal document, this process was supposed to start on AT&T Nov. 6. Seeing as how that date has come and gone, it's become clear some of the dates on the document are in question, but a final firmware isn't far off.
Plenty of leaked builds have hit the Internet recently, indicating Samsung has pretty much polished up the update. Most big money is on the upgrade rolling out anytime now, and certainly before November passes.
While there is no official changelog, here are some of the changes noticed by SamMobile in the European Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update that has already released:
"- GALAXY GEAR Support
- TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)
- ANT+ Support
- Core UI elements updated to the ones on the Galaxy S4 (Galaxy S4′s theme all over)
- New Samsung Keyboard
- GPU drivers have been updated (Higher GPU benchmark scores)
- New Lockscreen: Multiple Widgets, improved ripple effect than Android 4.1.2, ability to change clock size and set a personal message
- New Screen modes (From S4): Adapt Display and Professional Photo
- Daydream
- Driving mode
- Actionable notifications
- Move-to-SD-card feature
- New Camera mode : Sound and Shot
- New Additions in Notification Centre
- Completely revamped Settings UI (Tabbed interface - Exactly like the Galaxy S4)
- Implementation of Voice controls (Let's you control various parts of the phone using voice commands - Galaxy S4 feature)
- New Samsung Apps: Calculator, Clock, Contacts, Gallery, Music
- Full screen Samsung apps
- New S-Voice (from Galaxy S4)"
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