Samsung adds ‘S III features’ to Galaxy S II with Android 4.1 update

Samsung adds several features that were previously on the Galaxy S III were found to the Galaxy S II update to Android 4.1.2. The update is still not released. Now there would be a Plus-variant of the Galaxy S II lined up.

After the update, users of the Galaxy S II the ability to use functions like Smart Stay which the phone checks if the user is watching and the screen is active. Also Popup Play, in which a video in a small window above the interface can be shown, reports SamMobile on the basis of a post by Samsung on its South Korean Facebook page. Earlier, it was already a firmware for the Galaxy S II with Android 4.1 online.

The update will, according to the Samsung fansite not over-the-air available, because the storage re-partitioned. This gives the system 1GB, allowing for the user to have 11GB of memory left. The update will be only via desktop software Choose can be done and according to the estimate of SamMobile take up to an hour.

It is the second major update for the Galaxy S II; rather it was the update from the device from Android 2.3 to Android 4.0 cache. Meanwhile, there is also a new update for the Galaxy S III is available in the Netherlands. The by Samsung as a ‘premium suite’ called update brings several new features and hoogt, the version of Android from 4.1 to 4.1.2.

There are already long-time rumours about a Plus-variant of the Galaxy S II and the first firmwares of the Galaxy S II Plus are all online. It is unclear what the differences are, except that, in the Plus version, the internal storage has been reduced from 16GB to 8GB.