Major Sony Xperia Z Ultra firmware update brings support for the mobile X-Reality engine, adds new features

A new 14.1.B.510 major firmwareupdate for the Sony Xperia Z Ultra (C6802) has started rolling out in the Asia-Pacific region, and it brings along some overdue goodies.Among these are support for Sony's highly touted mobile X-Realityengine, which promises to increase the overall playback quality oflocally-stored media, such as photos and movies, by adjusting thelevels of sharpness, saturation, contrast, noise-reduction and evenreproduction of lackingpixels. The rest of the reported improvements and new featuresinclude:

• Overall performance increase and improvements in battery life

• New stock widgets – Clock, Alarm Clock and Calculator among others

• Multiple small apps can now be opened at once

• Refreshed design as far as the messenger and e-mail apps are concerned

• Superior Auto mode added to the camera appearance

• One-handed text input now possible

• Background UI has gone white-grey

The update measures at 770MB, andyou'll need to use Sony's PC Companion suite to download and flashit.

source: XperiaGuide