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Android version 4.1-4.2, codenamed Jelly Bean, is the current version of Google's mobile OS. Jelly Bean puts a renewed focus on UI speed and responsiveness, while further enhancing the UI introduced in Android 4.0. There's a completely redesigned notification API, allowing notifications to be expanded to include widget-like functionality. A re-vamped Google search interface includes the ability to pose questions directly and have them answered in voice. And a new Camera app allows shots to be easily reviewed and deleted. In addition, the new Google Now predictive search service puts data like location and search history to work to provide relevant real-time information.

Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) made its debut on the Nexus 7 tablet at Google I/O in June 2012. This was followed by a maintenance upgrade to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean later in the year, coinciding with the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 launch. Android 4.2 featured new lock screen widgets, more improvements to the stock Android camera app, gesture-based typing and new quick settings shortcuts accessible via the notification bar.

Keep watching Android Central's coverage for all the latest news on Jelly Bean upgrades for existing devices.

One X
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 20, 2012
   Rocking an AT&T or Rogers One X, and tired of watching the International One X users have all the Jelly Bean fun? If you're not afraid to get your hands a little dirty, this port...
SGS3 Jelly Bean
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by Richard Devine
Dec 19, 2012
Australian Samsung Galaxy S3 owners on the nations Telstra network have cause for celebration today. The carrier has begun what is a staggered Jelly Bean rollout that will see all devices become ...
CM 10.1
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 17, 2012
The CyanogenMod team has started cranking out 10.1 nightly images for a select group of devices, and for many it may be the only way to get Android 4.2 on your phone or tablet. Built off the 4.2.1 A...
U.S. Cellular Samsung Galaxy S3
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 17, 2012
If you're a U.S. Cellular Samsung Galaxy S3 owner, you've no doubt been wondering when Jelly Bean will arrive for your device. Wonder no more. U.S. Cellular has now announced the update will...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 17, 2012
Sony Mobile has provided another update on the progress of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates for its 2012 Xperia smartphones. First up, the company confirmed that its high-end late 2012 devices, ...
Verizon Galaxy S3 Jelly Bean
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2012
The Verizon Galaxy S3 Jelly Bean update. We've got it. Some of you have got it. We're installing now.  ... And we're up and running. The 400MB update takes a few minutes to in...
Motorola Atrix HD
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2012
Mark it, Dude. The AT&T this morning announced that the Motorola Atrix HD is getting an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean starting today. That means you get cool things like Google Now, that Proj...
Verizon Galaxy S3 Jelly Bean
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2012
Friday's the day, folks, when the Verizon Galaxy S3 finally gets its official Android Jelly Bean update. The carrier has been teasing us with the support docs for a couple days now, and finally ...
EVO 4G LTE
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2012
OMG, it's finally here. As a reminder, here's the full changelog for Android 4.1, software version 3.15.651.16: Upgrade to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) HTC Sense 4+ Improved ...
Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE update
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2012
There's nothing quite like the rollout of a major update on Sprint, folks. Never experience one before? Picture Times Square on New Year's Eve. Add a dash of a major chess tournament, a gian...
LTEVO
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2012
There's a whole lot of people waiting on the Jelly Bean update for the HTC EVO LTE. They are an anxious bunch. There's a good reason for the anxiety, as dates keep coming and passing, with n...
Samsung Galaxy S3
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 12, 2012
It was just a matter of time before we got something official out of Verizon indicating that its Samsung Galaxy SIII (S3) would be receiving a Jelly Bean update. Verizon has just published support d...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 12, 2012
Hot on the heels of the Wifi and HSPA+ Galaxy Note 10.1, the Wifi-only model (GT-N8010) is today receiving its update to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. The over-the-air update package, which tips th...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 11, 2012
It looks like British TV network Sky is starting to catch up with the the pace of Android OS upgrades. Today it's launched a new version of its Sky Go mobile TV app, introducing support for 14 n...
PadFone 2 Jelly Bean
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 08, 2012
  The PadFone 2, ASUS' successor device to that weird interesting phone inside a tablet inside a laptop contraption, is finally grabbing an OTA to Jelly Bean starting today. We were surprise...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 07, 2012
As part of its new OS upgrade strategy, Motorola has published another update on the progress of new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (and ICS) firmware for its fleet of phones and tablets. It's an ...
Android Central
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by Richard Devine
Dec 07, 2012
First, we had the HTC J-Butterfly. Next, came the Verizon Droid DNA. Now, what we appear to have is the same phone, with a slightly different name heading for other markets. The Butterfly has appear...
Tasks
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by Richard Devine
Dec 06, 2012
Tasks is a bit of a favorite in these parts. We all rely on Google's services immensely day in, day out, one of which is Google Tasks. In lieu of any kind of official application from Google, Ta...
DNA
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 06, 2012
We just finished having a look at how well the new Google Now music ID service works, and here we are with some not-so-good news. It's broken on HTC Sense. At first, you'd get an ugly error,...
Android 4.2 camera
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 04, 2012
D3lit3 writes in our Nexus 4 forums, I was taking pictures with my baby and I realized that the HDR mode does not show a tick when you enable it. Thus I am left in confusion because I never...