Samsung Nexus S Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (JB) Update Updates T-Mo 1st, Sprint Later

The update for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is out for models  i9023,  i9020T and i9020A are out for the models that work with T-Mobile   The update for the  Nexus S  4G for the Sprint network is not out, yet.

"We've started rolling out Android 4.1, JellyBean, to Nexus S phones on a number of carriers with more to come. Enjoy," Google posted to the Google+ Nexus account.

Before updating any smartphone is always a good idea to backup all of your data.  We also recommend that you read what the update does, it sometimes changes the homescreens and settings such as taking a screenshot which can be confusing.  Sometimes updates ad glitches while fixing others.

New features of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean include voice actions, expanded notifications, larger Android Beam files, resizable widgets, tablets look more like Android smartphones and a better keyboard.

The updates are also cutting out some features due to the massive amount of patent infringement lawsuits between all the smart phone makers. The unified search feature is removed in these updates.

Jelly Bean features improved performance throughout the system, including faster orientation changes, faster responses when switching between recent apps, and smoother and more consistent rendering across the system through vsync and triple buffering.

• Better Keyboard - Android’s dictionaries are now more accurate, more relevant. The language model in Jelly Bean adapts over time, and the keyboard even guesses what the next word will be before you’ve started typing it.
• Browser – better performance, HTML 5 support and WebView now supports vertical text, including Ruby Text and other vertical text glyphs.
• Calendar is more buttery. Content fades in, animations are sprinkled throughout, and swiping/paging between days is smoother.
• Camera improvement include pinch-to-zoom in gallery and animations.
• Data Usages lets you dismiss data warnings without changing the threshold and auto Wi-Fi hotspot detection.
• Face Unlock is faster and more accurate.
• Jelly Bean has more reactive and uniform touch responses, and makes your device even more responsive by boosting your device’s CPU instantly when you touch the screen, and turns it down when you don’t need it to improve battery life.
• Accessibility features include gesture mode for blind users, text traversal, talkback and support for braille services.
• Android Beam supports larger photos/videos and instant pairing of Bluetooth headsets & speakers.
• Voice Actions – new revamped and takes dictation offline.  All you have to do is say Google or press the mic to activate.
• Resizable Widgets – widgets can be sized for easier viewing.