Samsung Pushing Out Android 4.3 Update For Galaxy S4 Mini

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Continuing its rollout in Canada by Telus, Rogers and Bell, Samsung is now in the process of pushing out the rather hefty over-the-air (OTA) update to all of its unlocked Galaxy S4 Mini handsets located in North America. This much-anticipated update finally brings Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and a newer version of the TouchWiz UI to the handset, in addition to support for the Galaxy Gear.

The S4 Mini is a slightly smaller variant to the former flagship Galaxy S4, which features a slightly scaled down 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 540 x 960, a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor, an Adreno 305 GPU, 1.5GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage (expandable up to 64GB via microSD), an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and a removable 1,900 mAh Li-Ion battery.

The full changelog for the 4.3 Jelly Bean update can be seen below:

-GALAXY GEAR Support

– TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)

– Samsung KNOX

– Samsung Wallet (Pre-loaded)

– Better RAM management

– Core UI elements updated to the ones on the Galaxy S4 (Galaxy S4′s theme all over)

– New Samsung Keyboard

– GPU drivers have been updated (Higher GPU benchmark scores)

-New Samsung Apps: Calculator, Clock, Contacts, Gallery, Music

– Full screen Samsung apps

If you own a Galaxy S4 Mini and have not received the OTA update yet, you can head into “Settings,” then “About Device,” and select “Check for Updates” to manually scan for the upgrade.