AT&T has been clearing the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean to many of its devices and today they are giving it to another one! The Pantech Flex is getting the Android Jelly Bean updated today! This device launched in the Fall of 2012 and feature the Easy Mode experience and full Android. Today it is getting even more great features like support for accessibility plug-ins and new gestures. You will get AT&T Drive Mode which goes along with there It Can Wait campaign. It will help you stop texting or even using your phone while driving, if you are going over 25 mph it will automatically respond back to those texts and forward those calls right to voicemail. Google Now is coming to the Flex as well! This your own personal voice assistant, you can ask it to text people, for the time, the weather, to update you on traffic, to track a package, and much more. The Jelly Bean update will bring speed improvements to the Pantech Flex as a whole! You will get a text message telling you that the update is available for download. For more information please see the gallery and press release below!
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Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update Available for Pantech Flex Beginning June 21
We’re excited to share the news that starting June 21, customers with a Pantech Flex will be able to download the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update.
The Android Jelly Bean upgrade, available over the air, will make all current functions even faster, smoother and smarter while adding core Android 4.1 features to the already feature-rich Pantech Flex smartphone. New Flex Jelly Bean feature improvements include: Google Now, which will allow Flex users to automatically receive relevant information when they need it based on their interests, activities and habits, including weather, sports, shopping, restaurant reservations, airline and hotel itineraries, package tracking, upcoming events and more; Google Voice search activation system provides personal results based on your location and AT&T Drive Mode, an app designed to help prevent texting while driving. Other useful improvements include an expandable and actionable Notification Bar which allows for the easier return of calls, sending and scanning multiple emails and sharing photos directly from your notification panel. Additionally, widgets now resize automatically on their own when they are too big.
The Jelly Bean update brings accessibility improvements too. It adds support for accessibility plug-ins to enable external Braille input and output devices via USB, as well as Bluetooth and Gesture modes for visually impaired users to touch and swipe gestures in combination with speech output.
In addition to its dual user experience options, the Pantech Flex weighs only 4.6 ounces and has a slim design that makes it easy to slip into a pocket or purse. Flex features a full touch 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display for a vibrant picture and a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. The intelligent Pantech SwiftKey keyboard technology makes typing a breeze – it minimizes key strokes by learning a user’s natural language for more accurate word predictions and corrections. Flex also features an eight-megapixel rear facing camera with 1080p HD video recording capabilities and a two-megapixel front facing camera.
If you are a Pantech Flex customer, you will receive a text message alerting you that the update is available for download. Just follow the instructions and you’re all set!
Stay tuned for more Jelly Bean updates to come.
