Android Jelly Bean 4.1 mistakenly updated on Google Play Store

Already a year has passed on since the introduction of Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich, and everyone is eagerly waiting for the next update of Android OS. Based on the frequency at which Google releases updates of Android, I am sure we are just around the corner to get the next update. It is widely believed that Google will introduce the upgraded version, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at their I/O conference which is to be held in the coming weeks. The company has already released a teaser of sort, weather deliberate or not, but the reported leak of Jellybean at the Google Play store has boosted the chances of such a release in the upcoming conference.

The screenshot available below. 

The device shown at the Google Play store indicates that the unlocked HSPA+ version of the Galaxy Nexus is expected to be the first phone that will run on Jelly Bean. Traditionally, Google’s Nexus phones have always been the first ones to receive new Android updates. The information may have been accidentally leaked a week earlier itself and a tech site managed to grab a screenshot of it before it was taken off. Apart from the smartphone, the Nexus 7 tablet may also run on the updated platform. The Google’s I/O conference will also have some other important announcements. There are updates on the mobile version of Chrome, apart from the launch of a new Android tablet running on the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad core processor.

The Jelly Bean version is expected to have a new search bar and background image. Although there were considerable differences between the Android 2.x versions, Android 1.x, and Android 3.x, the latest one (Android 4.1) may not have any major changes compared to Android 4.0.

After the success of Android 2.0 Donut and 2.1 Éclair, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and 4.1 Jelly Bean are expected to match up to the same levels. However, currently only a disappointing 7% of Android devices run on ICS, ever since its launch eight months ago, in spite of the significant updates it offered. Verizon Wireless and Motorola have introduced the ICS update on RAZR MAXX and Motorola Droid RAZR only now, after a delay of eight months. For more statistics on the adoption of different Android versions available in the market visit our previous page here.

Many of the newly launched phones such as Sony Xperia Ion are still running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. With Jelly Bean, Google is offering the new OS to a number of manufacturers, unlike in the past when they entered into a partnership with only a single vendor. In the end, the question remains, how quickly will devices will be upgraded to Android 4.1 considering that a big majority of Android devices do not use Android 4.0. Another question in mind is whether it is possible to for users to directly switch to Android 4.1 from 2.3. Well rooting the device can give you instant access for the upgrade, but i am talking about the stock Android OS.