Sony announced via its blog that it plans to upgrade the entire 2011 Xperia portfolio to the next version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Other Android smartphone makers who have announced Android 4.0 updates include HTC, Motorola and Samsung Italy.
They are working on merging the current Xperia experience with the new features in Android 4.0. Sony is almost done with the 2.3.4 Android update which will offer great camera and entertainment enhancements (video follows).
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich combines tablet and smartphone functions and adds advanced features to Android such as face unlock, multitasking and NFC(see all features).
The Sony updates tend to take a little longer in the United States in order to meet carrier requirements.
The2011 Xperia Portfolio refers to the following smartphones:
- Xperia arc and arc S.
- Xperia PLAY.
- Xperia neo and neo V.
- Xperia mini and mini pro.
- Xperia pro.
- Xperia active.
- Xperia ray.
- Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman
Sony announced that they are almost done with the 2.3.4 update, in which you will have access to Sony Entertainment Network.
In the 2.3.4 update Xperia phones will get the world´s first 3D Sweep panorama functionality powered by Sony in Smartphones. For the latest experiment, Xperia Studio collaborated with inventor and photographer Joergen Geerds to capture the le landscape in the Moab Desert, Utah in a full 360° panoramic video.