14 DAY TRIAL // A few hours ago, Mountain View-based Internet giant Google started to roll-out a new software update for its two Google phones, the Nexus One and the Nexus S.
The announcement on this software update came via Twitter, and included both the aforementioned devices, and the newly introduced Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread platform iteration.
The update will be delivered over the air (OTA) to users, and will be rolled out in stages, which means that not all Nexus One and Nexus S owners would receive it from day one.
“Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update now rolling out to Nexus S and Nexus One. Be patient, may take a few weeks for OTA to complete,” is what a tweet from @googlenexus reads.
The new Android 2.3.3 OS comes with a series of enhancements for the NFC capabilities of Gingerbread devices, just as highlighted when its SDK was released several weeks ago, as well as with a range of other improvements.
When it comes to Nexus S, the update is expected to fix various issues that users reported for the device, including random reboot as well as data signal loss.
Moreover, it would improve the NFC capabilities on this handset by enabling it to write NFC tags. The ability to read such tags was included in Gingerbread right from the start.
The Android 2.3.3 flavor of the OS came with a series of NFC capabilities aimed at developers too, including “a comprehensive NFC reader/writer API that lets apps read and write to almost any standard NFC tag in use today.”
Another change that Android 2.3.3 would bring into the mix would be related to the manner in which integrated Facebook contacts are treated, it seems.
Nexus One users, currently running under the Android 2.2 Froyo OS, are now able to taste the latest release of Android for smartphones, which would certainly bring some new and appealing features to their devices.
However, it remains to be seen how long it would take before all Nexus One and Nexus S owners receive the update, so stay tuned for more on the matter.