Sony announced Jellybean updates to Xperia Phones

Sony has announced announced that the Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean) update will be released to many Xperia models of Sony Mobile in the first quarter of 2013.

The handsets that are scheduled to receive the Jelly Bean update in the first quarter of 2013 are the brand’s latest models, which include the Xperia T, Xperia TX, and Xperia V. Sony has announced that global models of the Xperia S, Xperia acro S, Xperia ion, Xperia P, Xperia go, and Xperia J will be upgraded to Android v4.1. However, as of now, there is no word on the date of availability of Android v4.1 for these handsets.

In sony mobile blog Will said that –

” Our latest models, Xperia T and Xperia TX are shipping across global markets as you read this post, and Xperia V is on the way shortly – these smartphones will begin to receive the upgrade to Jelly Bean from mid-Q1 2013.

Next up, we can confirm the global versions of Xperia SXperia acro SXperia ionXperia PXperia go andXperia J will be upgraded to Android 4.1* – we will be back with detailed timings for these in due course.

We were glad to provide the Android 4.0.4 upgrade for our 2011 Xperia portfolio across most markets and the majority of models but, after thorough evaluation, we have concluded they will not be upgraded beyond Ice Cream Sandwich. ”

Source – http://blogs.sonymobile.com/products/2012/10/19/continuing-android-software-upgrades-jelly-bean-for-2012-xperia-smartphones/