ASUS promised that Android 3.1 would arrive in June, but I did not expect it to be June 1st. It actually started rolling out yesterday, but today it has become available to all of the United States.
One thing that is missing is Google Movies. Apparently it is only available to XOOM 3G owners at this time.
Full changelog after the break
- Build number: 8.4.4.5-20110527
- MobileDock version: 0209 (No update occurs, unless your dock was out of date from before)
- Kernel changed.
- Updated wifi driver.
- Updated bluetooth driver.
- Updated GPS driver.
- General CPU optimisation, improved loading times performance.
- General GPU optimisation, improved graphics performance.
- Smoother UI experience.
- Greater stability.
- More responsive multitasking.
- Re-sizable widgets.
- Decreased app loading times.
- Added more USB device support (gamepads, etc).
- Added more Bluetooth device support.
- Added one click USB importing of files from external devices (cameras, etc).
- Wifi icon shows data activity.
- Debug mode icon changed.
- Task manager list now scrollable.
- Browser ‘quick controls’ updated.
- Browser speed improvements.
- Full flash support (720p).
- Embedded HTML5 video normal size enabled.
- Browser now supports saving webpages to web archives (saves as .webarchivexml filetype to Downloads directory).
- Scrolling tab for easier page navigation.
- Browser pinch to zoom improvements.
- Tapping the home button now takes you back to the last screen you were on, not always the centre screen.
- Mouse tracking improved (using dock).
- Mobile network signal battery bar removed.
- Movie Studio app added.
- Zinio Reader app added.
Hmm, updated just now, I’m not seeing movies in Market either (US).
Why did the ASUS update not include Google Movies?
Google Movies on the Xoom 3G? Not if you live in third world United Kingdom.
This is really great to hear. This will be great to have and is being a true competitor with the other Honeycomb tablets. Good job Asus.