AT&T has officially announced the availability of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for HTC Vivid. We told you how to update HTC Vivid to ICS manually last week. This update would bring optimized audio experience of Beats by Dr. Dre Audio and new and improved HTC Sense experience with Sense version 3.6. The company announced HTC Vivid last November. Last week HTC confirmed list of devices that would receive Android 4.0 update. This will also the first U.S. smartphone to receive Ice Cream Sandwich update issued by a carrier.
This update would also bring new features and improvements including
- Notification and user interface enhancements.
- Advanced voice input for optimized for faster text input.
- Security enhacements
- Data network and Wi-Fi data monitoring to easily track usage.
- Wi-Fi Direct for transferring files between devices without being in WiFi Hotspot
AT&T has also announced list of devices that would receive ICS update in the coming months (without any exact time frame).
- LG Nitro
- Motorola ATRIX 2
- Motorola ATRIX 4G
- Pantech Burst
- Pantech Element
- Samsung Captivate Glide
- Samsung Galaxy Note
- Samsung Galaxy S II
- Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
This update is Over the Air (OTA) and could be downloaded over Wi-Fi. AT&T customers will get a notification about the update and also will be notified via an SMS of upgrade availability. You can also read the instructions to update HTC Vivid via Wi-Fi on AT&T support site.