Google’s brand new Nexus 7 tablet just received its first over the air software update. The update is arriving now for those who luckily already have the tablet and brings along Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. The update is rather small but brings the Nexus 7 to the same version of Android Google pushed to AOSP last night.
Right now the Nexus 7 is only in the lucky few hands of those who attended Google IO, so this won’t matter for the masses but it’s nice to know Google’s going to be updating so quick. The OTA update just arrived on my own tablet just a few moments ago and was 12 MB in size, so rather small.
So far it appears to only bring us to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean, and the search features seem to all still be present. I was thinking Google might have removed some of those search features that “infringe” on Apple’s lame patents, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. We’ll continue to look for any changes but wanted to share the news. It looks like once the Nexus 7 starts arriving for the public you’ll all be greeted with this update out of the box. Stay tuned!
Story Timeline
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean officially announced at Google IO
Google Nexus 7 and Jelly Bean initial review
Jelly Bean brings "Liveness" to Face Unlock - Requires a blink
CyanogenMod 10 will bring Jelly Bean to many
Nexus 7 shipping next week according to Staples
Nexus 7 tablet official cases coming soon
Google releases Android 4.1 Jelly Bean source code
Nexus 7 could hit retail stores this Thursday
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean rolling out to Galaxy Nexus today
Nexus 7 costs $152 to manufacture according to teardown report
UFC Champion George St-Pierre unboxes the Nexus 7 - with Ninjas
Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean AOSP on Transformer Pad TF300T
Google Nexus 7 features smart cover magnetic sensor
Nexus 7 not available for sale at Office Depot tomorrow
Nexus 7 orders could be shipping in the UK already
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Device Specifications and Information
Device Info
Device Name : Nexus 7
Manufactuer : Asus
Carrier : NAAnnounced Date : June 27, 2012Release Date : TBAAlso Known As : Google Nexus 7
Display
Screen Size : 7 Inch
Resolution : 1280x800Screen Type : IPS LCD
Dimension & Weight
Height : 7.81 Inch
Width : 4.72 Inch
Depth : 0.41 Inch
Weight : 340 Grams
Battery & Power Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Battery Capacity : 4325 mAhTalk Time : NAStand By Time : NA
SoftwareAndroid OS: 4.1.xAudio Playback: AACAAC+AMRMIDMP3WAVWMAVideo Playback: h.263h.264 / AVC3GPMPEG-4 (MP4)WMVMessaging: IM
Hardware
CPU : Tegra 3
CPU Clock Speed : 1300 Mhz
Core : 4
Ram : 1000 MB
Internal Storage : 8 GBFront Facing Camera :
Camera Resolution : NASensors: AccelerometerAmbient lightProximityQWERTY :
Cellular Network
Device Connectivity Wi-Fi: 802.11b802.11g802.11nBluetooth: Bluetooth 3.0A2DPLocation Features: CompassGPSFM Radio :NFC :
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