Few days ago, Google announced the release of Android 4.3 operating system for Nexus 7 and since then the internet has been buzzing on what’s new in Android 4.3 and how to upgrade to Android 4.3. Google has said this is not a major Android upgrade as they are still referring to it as Jelly Bean but there are some features of the Android 4.3 worth noting. In this article i will try to highlight the Android 4.3 features and how you can upgrade to Android 4.3 operating system in your device.
Android 4.3 features:
Restricted Profiles: Android 4.3 has introduced something it lacked over the years, most corporate organizations use Blackberry because of restricted profiles and now Android has introduced it. Organizations can now set up their employees profiles to keep them focused on work during working hours; a parent can set up profiles for every member of the family. Restricted profiles simply restrict app usage and content consumption based on privileges.
Profiles and Users: Now Android tablets can have multi-user accounts on one device, thanks to Android 4.3 upgrade for this. Now one device can have multiple accounts, every account can have its own home screen; background, widgets, apps etc and you can also switch between users without even logging out or logging in from one account to the other.
Bluetooth Smart Ready Support: The new Android 4.3 now supports low-energy Bluetooth smart accessories like fitness sensors and some other Bluetooth sensor devices.
Project from your device to TV: Now you can project your favorite movies or videos from your Android devices to a HDTV with Miracast support.
Better notification: With Android 4.3 upgrade you can now see all your notifications in one place.
Faster and Smoother: The Android 4.3 is way faster and smoother than all its predecessors. With better graphics in games and videos and better responsive properties, your Android devices will surely perform better in this new OS version.
Beam videos and photos: Now you can easily share photos or videos by just touching two NFC-enabled Android devices back-to-back.
There are a whole lots of other interesting features that came with the Android 4.3 upgrade like smarter keyboard that lets you type by just making gestures, resizable widgets etc. So you definitely have so many reasons to want to upgrade to Android 4.3 operating system.
How to upgrade to Android 4.3
Google has already delivered the new Android 4.3 Jelly Bean upgrade to Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 devices but it may take awhile for other Android devices to upgrade to this version. Some phone makers like Sony Corp has announced a lineup of smartphones that will receive the Android 4.3 update soon, these includes Xperia Z, Xperia ZR, Xperia ZL, Xperia SP, Xperia Tablet Z, and the newly launched Xperia Z Ultra. But if you are so curious to upgrade your Android device to Android 4.3 before it is official, then you can download the manual update files. Click here to download the Android 4.3 OTA update straight from Google’s servers. You can use Custom Recovery method (for rooted devices) or adb sideload command (for non-rooted or Stock devices) to install the Android 4.3 update on your device.
Note that before you can upgrade to Android 4.3, you must have stock Android 4.2.2 JDQ39 running on your device.
You can specifically search XDA-Developers forum for “how to upgrade to Android 4.3” for your device. There are a lot of tutorials on how to upgrade different Android devices to version 4.3 on the XDA-Developers forum, I can’t possibly write on how to upgrade to Android 4.3 for individual Android devices or phone makers in one blog post here.
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Hi Nwosu,
Thanks for the information. I don’t know Android 4.3 has released! Thanks for letting me know that. The features of this new update looks great! Most of the Android phones goes slower. My brother bought Galaxy Y a year before and it’s very fast when he purchased. It’s dead slow now!
Hey Nwosu Sir, thank you very much for updating us about it. I am expecting lot and lot more feature from Android 4.3. But… I fear to update my device until official company update arrives because I have faced 1 such problem while updating to ICS. Thanks for sharing this and will try it for sure on my another device.
I like the device to TV projection feature Nwosu. Super smart stuff as tech continues to evolve. Thanks for sharing with us.
Hey Nwosu,
Great tutorial for android user to upgrade there device between are you android user ? thanks for the update
Yes because of the number of apps running on it, but he can still make it fast again.
Surely you can wait till your network provider pushes an update. Thanks for leaving a worthy comment.
This features will even make Android more popular, my favorite is the NFC file transfer.
Thank you Nwosu for the update in technology. Android is improving rapidly and stand as the #1 operating system very soon.
Among the new features, the restricted profiles and possibility to project to larger screen are more interesting. Android devices going to be better useful now.
Friend thanks for your valuable information on android 4.3. It helped me allot.
TV projection capability from a smartphone is simply unbelievable …This has revolutionized technology and it would be very hard for its opponents like IOS to stop Android 4.3.
-Pramod
Now i see more household devices even becoming more Android OS based. Thanks for your comment.
I see Android dominating the mobile technology for some time to come, with their latest innovations and more to come Android will change the way we used to do a lot of things.
Doesn’t look great on my opinion! 4.2 was a failure to begin with. Multiple pages on lockscreen? God. Only good thing about 4.2 is toggles on top bar in separate page (miui had it in gingerbread :p).
Hey Nwosu,
Android has been amazing! It’s great how they have achieved so many things in so little time. Android 4.3 is undoubtedly a great OS. Great post bro! Keep posting.
Thanks for your comment, surely Android is revolutionizing the mobile world.
Hope it is a detailed post about the Andriod 4.3 and great to read its upgrade techniques.
Its really curious to read this technology information.
Keep sharing the tech stuffs Nwosu :)
Hey bro,
You’ve mentioned everything perfectly. But, you didn’t mention anything about WiFi improvement? Android 4.3 has got WiFi improvements which contributes in giving better battery life when connected to WiFi.
Thanks Pawan for your great contribution.
pls when i downloaded the rar file for the android update,the file is asking for password pls help me with the password Thanks
i have downloaded the .zip folder from http://www.netmediablog.com/whats-new-in-android-4-3-and-how-to-upgrade-to-android-4-3 ,,,,PLEASE let me know how to install ON PC,,,
What model of phone do you want to upgrade?