14 DAY TRIAL // Mobile phone carrier Vodafone UK reportedly started to deliver to its customers owning a Nexus One by HTC a new software update that should enhance their experience of the device, none other than the Android 2.2.1 solution that Google announced for this device several weeks ago. Vodafone UK is the exclusive carrier of Google's Nexus One in the country, and the delivery of this update should be welcomed enough by its users.
According to some of the wireless carrier's customers, the roll-out already started, and some devices were already updated successfully to the new OS flavor.
The wireless carrier already announced officially that it started the deployment of Android 2.2.1 on Nexus One devices, confirming that it arrives with a series of bug fixes and security patches.
Here's what the wireless services provider announced officially, according to a recent post on EuroDroid: Google is rolling out a maintenance release for Android (2.2.1) and Vodafone Nexus One customers will start to receive alerts that this update is available to download over the air during the next 24 hours. This update contains bug fixes and security patches for Android 2.2.
Please note – this update is not Android 2.3, which was announced yesterday by Google. We’re continuing to work closely with Google and handset manufacturers to bring the latest planned Android updates to customers as quickly as possible. We will provide more information when we can.
Indeed, this is not the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system upgrade that many might have wanted to taste on their handsets, but it certainly paves the way to that release.
According to Google, the Android 2.3 platform should arrive on Nexus One in the coming weeks, though there are no specific details available on whether we should expect it to be released before the end of the ongoing year or not.
Until more on this emerges, Vodafone users owning a Nexus One device should update their handsets to the new Android 2.2.1 OS version being rolled out to them now.