If you are a Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 owner, then you have a good news. Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean firmware update for the LTE enabled versions of Galaxy S4. To start with, Germany will be the first country to recieve the update and then rest of the world will follow. Currently Germany Galaxy S4 users can download the latest Android firmware update through Samsung Kies PC suite as well as through the OTA update.
The new Android 4.3 brings few bunch of new features and improvements. Most of the newly added features are Samsung's Proprietary Touchwiz UI launchers. Some of the key improvements and newly added features are as mentioned below.
These features are compiled by Sammobile.
These features are compiled by Sammobile.
- OpenGL 3.0 Support
- GALAXY GEAR Support
- TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)
- ANT+ Support
- vSamsung KNOX Implementation (KNOX bootloader and dedicated application)
- Samsung Wallet comes pre-loaded
- Improved RAM management
- Improved Display colour reproduction (Display looks much sharper than before)
- Improved TouchWiz Launcher (Much less launcher redraws and less lag)
- New Samsung Keyboard
- New Samsung Browser (Full screen by default, new tab interface and more)
- New Reading Mode (Optimises display for reading, used by only a few specific applications)
- New Camera firmware
- Minor UI tweaks (Contacts app, Flashlight Widget, dialog boxes etc)
As mentioned earlier, the update roll out is gradual. Currently the Latest Android 4.3 update is availble only to Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 LTE enabled model running on Snapdragon 600. The Octa core version of Galaxy S4 I9500 will start recieving the update from next week. As per the Samsung update schedule, Galaxy S3 will get the update on next montth. The Android 4.3 update for Galaxy Note 2 will be rolling out in the month of December.