We all know Samsung has been working on Jelly Bean (4.1) update for Galaxy Note, although this Korean company never officially confirm or announce this update. The information we have is the update may be rolled out as early as in December. and most users will get it in Q1/2013. There is no information on Jelly Bean 4.2 update yet.
Anyway, the waiting is almost over. Now, let’s list the top 10 anticipated features in this Jelly Bean 4.,1 update for our more-than-one-year-old Galaxy Note. For Top 10 new features in ICS update, please read this post: http://www.allaboutgalaxynote.com/top-10-new-features-in-galaxy-note-after-ics-update/
All these features are available on Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Note 8.0 already.
1. Faster, smoother, and more responsive as claimed by Google
Thanks to Project Butter, one major improvement in Jelly Bean is the performance: faster, smoother and more responsive. Of course, I guess Samsung’s TouchViz UI may degrade the performance a bit. Some carriers’ bloatware may also have negative impact on the performance.
But overall, we should notice significant performance improvement.
2. Google Now
It is a shame that Google Now has not got sufficient attention. Google Now is a true innovation on getting relevant information on a mobile device. It makes you the master, not the salve, of the information. Just as claimed by Google, Google Now gets you just the right information at just the right time. If you do not have any Jelly Bean devices now, you may get more info on the Google Now offical site
3. Multi Window
Yes, you can run two apps side by side. Although very limited apps are compatible with multi window at this time, it is a really nice feature for a 5.3″ screen. Of course, this feature is best for Galaxy Note’s bigger brother Note 10.1.
4. Offline voice typing
In Jelly Bean, a new embedded speech recognizer lets you use Voice Typing even when you don’t have an Internet connection.
5. New notification system
The notification system will have significant improvements: more info and more controls. Notifications from the some app will be grouped and you can take actions directly in notification page. You may also identify the apps generating the notification and disable the annoying notifications from such apps.
Hopefully, Samsung will not chop off too much.
6. Smart stay
Screen will be bright as long as you are looking at it! Although it will not save much battery juice because of the involvement of the front camera, it makes your Note more personal.
7. Direct call
This trick was first introduced in Galaxy S3. Your phone looks smarter than others: it knows when you want to talk, who you want to talk When you look at it, smart stay comes!!
8. Photo note
Add notes on the back of your photo!!
9. Air view
Hovering your S Pen over photo gallery, messages, planner…will give you the preview of the items without opening them!!!
Due to differences in S Pen, this feature may be not available for Galaxy Note.
10. S Note 2.0
There are a lot of improvements in S Note app in Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Note 10.1. Most of such improvements will very likely be brought to Galaxy Note’s Jelly Bean update.
What are the features you are expecting for this coming Jelly Bean update for your Note?
Chaitanya Mella says
After upgrading to 4.1.2 i see that the battery drains from 100% to 35% in 6 hours.. is there a solution for this
Galaxy Note says
Install BBS, and find out the root of the problem, as posted in: http://www.allaboutgalaxynote.com/how-to-solve-battery-issues-after-ics-update-in-your-galaxy-note/
It is also a good idea to remove battery once after updating.
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Chaitanya Mella says
removing the battery for a minute did the trick.. But what is the significance of removing the batter after update…
Galaxy Note says
to clean any ghost processes and to do a clean reboot.
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riez says
I’m from Indonesia, and I just upgraded my N7000 to 4.1.2 Hong Kong official as I was tired using the 4.0.4 firmware. It always heated up and shut down by itself.
After hard waiting I finally decided to upgrade my note to android 4.1.2 Hong Kong. I thought it could solved the problem, but the heated up and shut down problem didn’t go away. so what’s the problem????
I read about the bad firmware of 4.0.4, but is it the 4.1.2 is still having these problem???
Galaxy Note says
Did you try a new battery? The major battery issue was solved in 4.0.4 update.
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tushar says
may i get the exact date for JB update for n7000 here in india
Jose says
updating now to jelly bean here in Jeddah KSA…533.39MB Android 4.1
Galaxy Note says
thanks for the update.
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Jose says
done updating yesterday: Android version 4.1.2
Pramod Panigrahi says
When it is coming…I am wait became pain now…
Galaxy Note says
The information we have is this month.
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Pramod Panigrahi says
This month gonna over in 5 days…
Chaitanya Mella says
It has already started rolling out according to gsmarena.. May take a few days before it gets released in India
Jualan Madu Online says
I’m using jb cusrom from tw based, looks like they still have bug in screen flicker and fake batt drain.. most of my friends who using cm based jb rom don’t have this bug
too bad, i have to go down on ics..
Pramod Panigrahi says
Use juice defender app
Mel Hassan says
My Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has just received the Jelly Bean OS update, i’m still downloading it.
Galaxy Note says
thanks for the update. Enjoy.
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Luke says
There’s alot of problems in updating via Kies, Even after so many updates while upgrading any phone’s firmware it disconnects and says its an unknown error.
By the time the update is out would Samsung have solved the problem? Otherwise NO one would ever be able to upgrade to Jelly Bean.
Galaxy Note says
Kies is quite buggy. If you notice the version changes, Samsung actually tries to improve it.
Anyway, some users still get unknown or unsupported errors. Most of the time, the support guys in Samsung service center have no clues on such errors.
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sameer says
hay, is the update come or not
Galaxy Note says
The latest update is not good. Samsung will not able to roll out Jelly Bean update for Galaxy note in this month, due to the recently discovered security flaw in all Samsung’s Exynos 4 chip based Android devices including Galaxy S2, S3, Note, Note 2, and Note 10.1.
Samsung has acknowledged the flaw and is working on a fix, very likely together with the Jelly Bean 4.1 update for Galaxy Note users.
The JB 4.1 update for Galaxy Note will be available in Jan/Feb of 2013.
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sameer says
Ok thanks
Sabir says
Howccome a rooted galaxy note gt n – 7000 have air view
Galaxy Note says
Unlikely, because the airview need Jelly Bean and an updated TouchViz.
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Shaleen says
hope they will make jelly bean launcher better and more useful like all commercial launchers.