Jelly Bean

Samsung to update Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S III to Android 4.3 in October

Samsung Galaxy S4

When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Gear smartwatch yesterday, it promised that the new accessory would soon be compatible with more devices than just the new Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014). The fact that only Samsung’s two latest devices work with the Galaxy Gear suggests that Android 4.3 Jelly Bean which added support for Bluetooth 4.0 LE is […]

Android Jelly Bean now on 45% of Android devices

Android version distribution - September 2013

Google has once again updated its ‘Platform Versions’ chat showing the current distribution of Android versions across devices accessing the Google Play store. There are a few notable changes in this latest edition. Android Jelly Bean (versions 4.1.x and 4.2.x) has jumped forward again, increasing its share from 40.5% last month to 45.1%. Missing is the latest version of Jelly […]

HTC to go straight to Android 4.3 for HTC One in Canada and U.S.

HTC One in black

After some rumours over the weekend that HTC might skip Android 4.2.2 entirely and simply upgrade the HTC One to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, HTC Americas President, Jason Mackenzie, today confirmed via Twitter that the manufacturer will release Android 4.3 Jelly Bean updates for the Canadian and U.S. models of the HTC One by the end of September. Having described […]

Android 4.3 leaked for Nexus 4

Google Android 4.3

The 4.3 version of Jelly Bean has made “appearances” everywhere over recent weeks. Leaks have appeared for the Galaxy S4, HTC One, and some developers even acknowledged its existence. We have heard it all, except from the one that matters the most, Google. Thanks to a Google+ user, Jeff, who recently purchased a Nexus 4 running Android 4.3 and XDADevelopers, […]

Android Jelly Bean finally on more devices than Gingerbread

Android version distribution

Google has just updated its Android Platform Versions Dashboard and, lo and behold, Android Jelly Bean can finally be found on more devices than Gingerbread. Android 4.1.x and 4.2.x now make up 37.9 percent of all Android devices that visited the Google Play Store during the 14-day period that ended today. Gingerbread (Android 2.3.x) still accounts for 34.1 percent of […]

Android 4.3 spotted on HTC One Bluetooth certification

Bluetooth SIG certification for Android 4.3

The first rumours about Android 4.3 surfaced before Google I/O and hints about the upcoming update continues to pop up while Google remains mum about making it official. The latest sighting comes courtesy of the Bluetooth SIG via an HTC One filing submitted on June 18th and approved on July 5th. The filing identifies the device as the HTC PN071xx_Android […]