That was quick: it took Sony just a day to give Xperia Tablet Z an Android 4.3 AOSP ROM

posted by Daniel P. / Jul 25, 2013, 8:16 AM

That was quick: it took Sony just a day to give Xperia Tablet Z an Android 4.3 AOSP ROM

Sony is the first manufacturer to announce Android 4.3 upgrade plans for Xperia Z, ZL, ZR, Z Ultra and SP, but also for the Tablet Z. As if to prove how quickly it plans to do the upgrade of its flagship devices to the latest version of Android, it already ported what Google released yesterday on the Tablet Z, in the form of an AOSP ROM.

It is not yet suitable for a daily driver, Sony developers warn, but still pretty functional as you can see in the demo video below, so if you are interested, hit the repos in the source link below.

source: Github via Sony

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17 Comments

1. Atlas

Posts: 158; Member since: Apr 15, 2012

Looks like Sony are finally getting priorities right, less phones and faster updates.

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 8:19 AM 22

4. PapaSmurf

Posts: 10457; Member since: May 14, 2012

Nailed it. +1

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 9:01 AM 13

2. EXkurogane

Posts: 863; Member since: Mar 07, 2013

HTC, watch. This is how you handle updates.

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 8:38 AM 10

8. FiddyPence

Posts: 21; Member since: Aug 08, 2012

The HTC one has been updated to 4.2.2 with Sense 5. The Xperia Z is still on 4.1.2 even though it launched 2 months earlier. I think HTC have their priorities straight polished Sense 5 > Buggy ASOP.

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 10:34 AM 2

9. rgxVOiD

Posts: 440; Member since: Aug 30, 2012

lul wut? Sorry to disappoint you but Xperia Z got 4.2.2 weeks before HTC One did, HTC One was the last in the flagship-ship to get 4.2.2 update

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 10:41 AM 8

10. FiddyPence

Posts: 21; Member since: Aug 08, 2012

My bad its the ZR and Tablet Z getting 4.2. My point still stands polished sense is greater the buggy ASOP or whatever Sony call their 2013 skin.

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 10:52 AM 3

11. TheLolGuy

Posts: 483; Member since: Mar 05, 2013

They call it Socialife... I think.

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 11:10 AM 0

13. Finalflash

Posts: 4063; Member since: Jul 23, 2013

Dude, AOSP stands for android open source project. It is the pure google setup seen on their nexus devices. In no way is it less than sense or buggy. They might have a few driver issues on such an early release of 4.3 AOSP from Sony, but its better than a dodged announcement by HTC.

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 12:56 PM 4

14. rgxVOiD

Posts: 440; Member since: Aug 30, 2012

They used to called it Timescape UI, now I'm not sure. Their 2013 is not buggy at all. I'm using it right now, Z Ultra skin. It's much smoother than the original Z skin

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 6:21 PM 0

12. GTR722

Posts: 270; Member since: Oct 20, 2012

The hell dude...even here in LA XZ is already in 4.2

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 11:46 AM 1

3. InspectorGadget80 unregistered

HTC this is how u do updates. Learn from Sony.

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 8:45 AM 7

5. indianapple89

Posts: 47; Member since: Feb 28, 2013

Does this point to a Google Edition Xperia Z Tablet coming soon with 4.3?

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 9:26 AM 0

6. sats.mine2k4

Posts: 208; Member since: Aug 10, 2012

They need to flash the GAPPS package... and it looks good...

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 9:27 AM 1

7. marbovo

Posts: 658; Member since: May 16, 2013

Congrats to sonny

posted on Jul 25, 2013, 9:36 AM 3

16. rgxVOiD

Posts: 440; Member since: Aug 30, 2012

Skrillex? Is it his birthday or something?

posted on Jul 27, 2013, 1:36 AM 0

17. marbovo

Posts: 658; Member since: May 16, 2013

what?

posted on Jul 31, 2013, 11:48 AM 0

15. itsdeepak4u2000

Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012

So far so good. Time to get in the battle.

posted on Jul 26, 2013, 3:23 AM 0

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