Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean: Sony Xperia S, Samsung Galaxy Note to Get Updated in May

Good news for Xperia S and Galaxy Note users! The South-Korean and Japanese tech giants seem to be ready to push out Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the Xperia S and Galaxy Note handsets. Reportedly, the update has been scheduled to happen from May.

Both Xperia S and Galaxy Note are high-end handsets launched in 2011 and 2012 and were launched initially with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. While Xperia S is currently running on Android 4.0 ICS, Galaxy Note has received the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade and users are finding some issues including battery drain.

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Already, Sony claimed that the Xperia S will receive the Jelly Bean upgrade in March, but, unfortunately, the company experienced a delay in releasing it.

Some of the Enhancements in the new Jelly Bean Update:

* Buttery Smooth Performance & Great Stability with Project Butter
* Improved Camera features
* New Lockscreen With Many Customization Options
* New Re-sizable Widgets
* New Notification bar With More Notification Toggles
* Google Now

This information of the Jelly Bean upgrade comes from a French carrier SFR as the carrier has leaked the roadmap of the update. The release date for the updates for different devices including Galaxy Beam, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Motorola Razr, Razr I, Razr HD, HTC One S, One X, Xperia T, Xperia Go, LG Optimus Black, Optimus L7, Lumia 610 and Lumia 800 are also mentioned in the roadmap.