Samsung has just updated their current flagship – Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 4.3 and now it looks like the South Korean company has started pushing out the Android 4.3 update to their yesteryear flagship – Samsung Galaxy S3. Samsung Galaxy S3 was launched with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and it received an update to Android 4.1.2 sometime back. The company skipped Android 4.2 for Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 and are directly updating their yesteryear flagships to Android 4.3 Jellybean.
Samsung Galaxy S3 users have a lot to gain from the update as they will be getting the features of Android 4.2 and Android 4.3 JellyBean. In addition to the core Android upgrades, Samsung has included support for Galaxy Gear in the latest update and made the UI look on par with the UI of the current flagships – Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3. The Android 4.3 Jellybean update has started rolling out for the International(Exynos variant) of Samsung Galaxy S3 in Ireland and it is expected to make its way to your country pretty soon.
The various features that are included in the update are as follows
- Support for GALAXY GEAR smartwatch
- ANT+ Support
- Updated UI elements
- New and improved Samsung Keyboard
- Better performance and faster device thanks to TRIM Support in Android 4.3 Jellybean
- GPU drivers have been updated (Higher GPU benchmark scores) and better gaming performance
- 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 feature from Android 4.2 JellyBean
- New S-Voice (from Galaxy S4)
- Driving mode
- Move-to-SD-card feature
- Actionable notifications
- 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
The update is currently only available for Vodafone Ireland users and it should be available to others pretty soon.