Congratulations Sprint Galaxy S III owners as the carrier announces it is making the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update available for the Samsung device. The update includes a whole bunch of enhancements which include Google Now, Android Beam, LTE system selection improvements, new Notification shade and more. Sprint says the update will begin in stages later today and highlights that you may receive a message indicating no update is available when checking for the update, and to check back later or wait until a notification is sent to the device.

Sprint’s listed install instructions on their website as well as checking for the update by hitting: Apps > Settings > About phone > System Update > Update Samsung Software > Check now. 

Samsung Galaxy SIII Software Update – L710VPLJ7      

Enhancements/Fixes

- LTE system selection improvements

- Exchange interaction improvements

 

Upgrade of the Google OS to Jellybean (Android 4.1.1)

- Accessibility

  Focus Feature

  Braille Support (via BrailleBack app)

- Calendar

  Event Colors supported

  Email guests with single tap when viewing event details

  Notifications display more event description

  Email guests without opening email app

  Quick response support (“Be there soon”)

  User creation of customized quick responses

  Snooze event reminder from notification

- Data Usage

  Users can dismiss data warning usage warning without changing data threshold

  Disable background data usage on certain Wi-Fi SSIDs by designating them as mobile hotspots

- Face Unlock

  Improved accuracy via calibration of user face in different conditions (hat, glasses)

  Option to require a blink to verify user is not a photo

- Keyboard

  Dedicated language selector

  Swype

- Messaging & Talk

  Notifications now display full text of incoming messages

  Review full MMS from notification

- Notifications

  Notifications from same app are grouped together with first item expanded

  Pinch notifications to expand or collapse them

  Image preview in notifications after screenshot capture

  Share screenshot from notification

- Networking

  Wi-Fi protected setup supported with WPS push button and PIN support

  New setting allows user to stay on mobile and avoid Wi-Fi networks with poor connections

- People

  High-res photos from Google accounts are backed up and synced

  Add contacts to home screen from contacts details page

  Clear frequently contacted list from favorites tab in People app

- Phone

  Notification lets user return call or reply with SMS from missed call

  VVMs can be played from notification with single press

  One touch hang up during ongoing call via notification

- Settings

  Accounts displayed in primary settings view

  Google Privacy settings accessible from Settings

- System

  Long press Power Off to boot device to safe mode

  Reset App Preferences button added

- Text-to-speech

  Conversational text-to-speech voice in US English

- Voice Typing

  Voice typing without internet connection