Android Jelly Bean update for Galaxy S II detailed

Android Jelly Bean update for Galaxy S II detailed

Samsung has kept its promise from last year and has now revealed details regarding the Galaxy S II Android Jelly Bean update. In addition to the enhanced performance that Project Butter in Android Jelly Bean will provide, the update will also bring features from the Galaxy S III such as Smart Stay, Pop-up Play and Pause while recording video.

Some new applications will also come preinstalled such as Google+, Talk, Play Book and Play Movie (for the markets that support them). Easy mode for new users and Block mode for ignoring phone calls are also included.

The Galaxy S II Jelly Bean update will reduce the phone’s internal memory from 12GB to 11GB, using the missing space for system partition. Once released into the wild, the update will be carried out through Samsung’s KIES only, as it’ll re-partition the memory system and will take around one hour or even more in some cases.

With such details available we can only expect the update to get its release in the coming week or so. Naturally, we’ll let you know once it starts seeding.

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Android Jelly Bean

Google announced Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) at the Google I/O conference on 27 June 2012. Based on Linux kernel 3.0.31, Jelly Bean was an incremental update with the primary aim of improving the functionality and performance of the user interface. Here are some key features of Android Jelly Bean -

• Offline You Tube videos
• Offline updated Google Maps
• Voice Dictation
• Google Now for personalized experience, something like Siri
• Project Butter for smoother and faster UI feel

For more Jelly Bean features, you can visit the official site by clicking here.