Finally, the 3G/4G variant of Motorola Xoom tablet is getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Verizon is rolling out Over-The-Air ICS update, which is now available for download, for the tablet. The Wi-Fi version of Motorola Xoom was updated earlier this year.
The update build IMM76L brings the latest installment of Android to the tablet along with number of bug fixes and improvements. New features include "Roboto" system font, panoramic shooting mode and photo editor integration in the Gallery app. You can also launch camera directly from the lockscreen. In addition, e-mail and messaging system have also been updated.
Once the update is available, Motorola Xoom tablet owners are automatically notified. In case you missed the notification, try manually checking for the update by navigating to Settings -> About tablet -> System update.
Here is the full list of updates and improvement fixes that the ICS brings to the Xoom tablet.
Device Updates:
- Improved device stability.
- Pressing the power button locks the device when you have a pattern, pin or password lock enabled.
- Improved imaging capabilities:
- Launch camera from Lockscreen
- Single motion panorama mode
- Added effects during video recording
- Added photo editor to the Gallery application.
- Updated widget controls to allow expansion and contraction to show more content.
- New system font (Roboto) for improved readability.
- Improved screen rotation response time.
- Optimized widget sizes.
- Improved device stability limits the number of resets.
- Improvements to Mobile Hotspot connectivity
Email, Messaging and Data:
- 4G LTE upgrade issues resolved.
- Device successfully connects to 4G LTE network immediately after DUAL IMSI switch.
- Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) policy improvements.
- EAS security and sync fixed.
- Optimized EAS setup.
- Enhanced Client Conversions with EAS.
- Email search addition.
- Improved email folder ordering.
- Browser Updates - faster rendering, zoom and pan features.
- Users have the ability to save pages for offline reading and desktop versions of websites.
- Updated "People" application to integrate with Google and other social networks.
- Improved text input and spell-check.
- Down arrow added in browser navigation bar.
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