Android 4.3 update
As we previously reported, T-Mobile is one of the first U.S. carriers to roll out the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update to its HTC One handsets. Now the roll out is official, and T-Mobile users can download the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update on their HTC One now.
If you're waiting for the Android 4.3 update to finally hit your Samsung Galaxy S4 in October (or Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Samsung Galaxy S3 in Nov.), here's a sneak preview.
Good news! The Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update is coming to the HTC One in the U.S. very soon, within a matter of weeks. The bad news is that the first wave of Android 4.3 updates will not come with a new version of HTC Sense 5.0.
Finally, the moment that Samsung Galaxy S3 have hoped for, and feared might never come: Samsung plans on rolling out the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update to Samsung Galaxy S3 handsets in October, according to Android Authority.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is getting an Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update in October.
The update first known to fix the touchscreen issues on the Google Nexus 7 2 has been confirmed as a patch for the GPS issue as well.
HTC One users got a bit of good news from HTC's U.S. president last week, as Jason Mackenzie announced on Twitter that the smartphones would receive an Android 4.3 update by the end of September, if there were no major bumps in the road before its release. Now we have evidence that the Android 4.3 release date is indeed on its way, as a pre-release build of the operating system update for the HTC One has leaked online.
Owners of the HTC One handset in the United States might be headed right for Android 4.3, skipping the Android 4.2.2 update. And that update might be ready for download by the end of September, according to HTC's U.S. president.
More mid-tier Samsung Galaxy devices are getting the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update, as the former flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S3, gets skipped for the update again. This time, it's the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 WiFi variant in the United Kingdom receiving the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update from Samsung.
Once again, owners of the Samsung Galaxy S3 have two choices: you can either feel even more slighted by the South Korean phone manufacturer, or you can become ever more hopeful about the possibility that their Galaxy S3s will be upgraded straight to Android 4.3. It's up to you.
The saga of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Android update continues. This time, a German wireless company has told their customers that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be updated to Android 4.3, skipping the Android 4.2.2 update.
Now that a lot of non-flagship devices have received Android 4.2.2, can we expect the Galaxy S3 to soon get a small update? Or does the mid-tier rollout further bolster rumors that Android 4.3 will be the next Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S3?
It was only a matter of time before we saw how quickly Google would update the Google Play editions of third party phones, and now we have it: The HTC One Google Play edition (along with its Samsung Galaxy S4 cousin) are getting Android 4.3, the latest operating system from the Mountain View giant.
The Google Play edition of the Samsung Galaxy S4 was created mostly so that the devices could get Android and other software updates far quicker than if they had to wait for Samsung to add its own interface to the new operating system. For Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition owners, that just paid off: Android 4.3 is on the way.
Adding to the confusion and disarray of the possible Android 4.2.2 or Android 4.3 updates for the Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy S3, and Galaxy Note 2, Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus owners in Germany are now receiving the Android 4.2.2 update.
