The Jelly Bean update will be available beginning December 19

Dec 18, 2012 14:01 GMT  ·  By

T-Mobile customers with Samsung Galaxy Note II rejoice as the carrier has just revealed that a new software update will arrive for the phablet within the next few days.

The operator has confirmed on its support site that Galaxy Note II will receive a software update to baseband version T889UVALK8 starting December 19.

The upgrade will be pushed through OTA (over the air) to all Samsung Galaxy Note II devices, though not all might receive it at the same time.

Aside from bumping the firmware to version T889UVALK8, the update will add the following new features and improvements:

- New multi-window feature; - Resolves Exchange calendar events not appearing on device Calendar; - Resolves issues with being unable to swipe through Gmail messages.

T-Mobile USA also claims that the software update will be available for download via Samsung Kies desktop software.