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Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 Update Roll Out Continues Outside U.S.

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The Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update roll out continues outside of the United States as Japanese carrier KDDI has announced an upgrade for its version of the former flagship, an update that comes ahead of the Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 update roll out in the U.S., a roll out that was expected to start earlier this month.

In October, Samsung finally confirmed that the Galaxy S3 would be skipping Android 4.2 Jelly Bean for Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and that the software would be coming with a number of upgrades, among them, support for the company’s Galaxy Gear accessory that launched alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 back in September.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 update could come in late October or November.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 update in the U.S. could come in November.

The company did not supply a release date for the Galaxy S3 upgrade but earlier this month, the software rolled out unannounced, landing first on Vodafone in Ireland. The update, as expected delivered the features of Android 4.3, Samsung Galaxy Gear support, Samsung KNOX, and features from the Galaxy S4 including camera tweaks.

The software, however, has rolled out slowly. The update remains unavailable in countries like the United States and Canada and thus far, carriers have been reluctant to offer information about specific dates. In fact, the only carrier in the U.S. that has confirmed an update is U.S. Cellular, the nation’s fifth larger service provider.

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That doesn’t mean that the software upgrade has been halted. In fact, Japanese carrier KDDI has announced that it has made the software update available to its users saying that users will be notified when the update is available to install. This marks the latest version of the Galaxy S3 to get the update and it means that another device has beaten the U.S. to the punch.

Thanks to a leaked document that proved accurate with Galaxy S4 Android 4.3 roll outs, many expected the Sprint Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 update to roll out on November 6th. That, unfortunately, did not happen, leaving the timeline for the Galaxy S3 roll out in the U.S. up in the air. We still expect the Galaxy S3 update to roll out sometime in November but at this point, we don’t have any specific dates to look forward to.

12 Comments

12 Comments

  1. herry

    11/11/2013 at 10:34 am

    eagrly waiting for 4.3 for s3

  2. herry

    11/11/2013 at 10:35 am

    also rumors for 4.3 as there are problems with certion features, so is it true or just rumors?

  3. Julia

    11/11/2013 at 11:08 am

    I have got my update and I don’t have a problem with it at all. UK(BTU).

    • Mike

      11/11/2013 at 1:09 pm

      UK
      UK as in United Kingdom – or is that Ireland ?

    • Mike Smith

      11/11/2013 at 2:37 pm

      Really? Lucky you! My battery life has halved, and there is now lag of a couple of seconds when trying to wake the screen. And the update seemed to wipe my keyboard dictionary. There are a few other niggles too, but I think I’ve fixed them.

      The other annoyance is that the upgrade comes with the the new version of Google Maps, which is rubbish!

      • Chase

        11/12/2013 at 6:29 pm

        Just a suggestion, stop writing articles with nothing to say. Rapidly losing credibility…

        • Paul Palumbo Jr.

          11/12/2013 at 6:51 pm

          Amen! I’m so tired of every few days its going to be released… Its delayed…. It’s back on for November… Then we can’t confirm… etc. At nausem!! ENOUGH please! If you don’t know leave it at that. No need to keep posting and giving false hopes!

  4. Arslan Shahid

    11/13/2013 at 1:34 am

    I was addicted to Samsung’s devices, now I hate them. How can you be so irresponsible……….

  5. Happy

    11/13/2013 at 9:21 am

    I got my update this morning in london, nothing excited 4.3

  6. Happy

    11/13/2013 at 9:27 am

    Nothing usefull 4.3

  7. Tushar

    11/13/2013 at 9:41 am

    I got my update here in Dubai-UAE

  8. technical

    11/16/2013 at 5:35 pm

    Samsung is left behind apple has updates more frequently. I bought the note 2 and never an update. android keeps lacking time to move on to apple.

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