The smartphone is currently running under Android 4.1.2

Dec 12, 2013 17:56 GMT  ·  By

Samsung has finally started to deliver the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system upgrade to the owners of Galaxy S III LTE smartphones out there.

The update has been rolling out to Galaxy S III users for several days now, and it seems that Samsung has finally decided to start pushing it to the LTE flavor of the device as well.

At the moment, the handset is running under the Android 4.1.2 OS version, but the company decided to skip the Android 4.2.2 update and go straight to Android 4.3 with it, as SamMobile notes.

The new software brings forth a wide range of enhancements compared to the previous OS flavor, including Galaxy Gear compatibility, TRIM support, a new Samsung Keyboard, and various updated applications from the company.

At the same time, the new firmware comes with updated core UI elements, new screen modes (Adapt Display and Professional Photo) and camera mode, actionable notifications, Daydream, and move-to-SDcard capabilities, as well as with new S-Voice and lockscreen.

The same as other updates from Samsung, the new one is being delivered to users in stages, which means that not all of them will see it as available right from the beginning. However, it should arrive on all devices in the not too distant future over-the-air.

Users can also manually check for its availability through heading to Settings > More > About Device > Software update and hitting the check now button.

They can also download the new firmware via the Samsung Kies application. For that, they will need to connect the smartphone to a Windows computer with the desktop client installed on it.

The Android 4.3 Jelly Bean platform release was spotted on Samsung Galaxy S III LTE GT-I9305 devices in Germany with PDA version I9305XXUEMKC. It also features CSC flavor I9305DBTEMJ4 and model variant I9305XXUEMK1.