Sony Releases a new Update for Xperia XZ1, XZ1 Compact and XZ Premium

Sony has just slash-down the prices of several of its smartphones in India. Now some fresh details are there according to which a new update is rolling out to a number of its devices. In case you are wondering this new update is basically a security-oriented update and is rolling out to devices including Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact, and Xperia XZ Premium. So without wasting any time let’s know some in-depth details about this update.

sony releases a new update for xperia xz1, xz1 compact and xz premium

The new update is arriving with the new firmware version 47.1.A.12.235. The update brings July 1 security patch and weighs around 279MB’s. The security update will only revamp the security policies of your device, however, the device still runs on the Android 8.0 Oreo. Surprisingly no further changes have been revealed through the changelog. Although one can surely expect some under the hood improvement in the device. There is no scope for manual update and it is only arriving as an OTA.

If you haven’t received the update yet then there is nothing to bother as currently, it is in the releasing phase and in a week or two will be made available to all units. There is no need to backup your data before this update as it doesn’t affect the storage. You can manually check the update by jumping to the settings menu-about phone-software update. For more Android updates stay tuned to GoAndroid.

Akshay Dua
Akshay Dua
He likes to play with the latest phones, gaming consoles, PCs, laptops and when he gets some spare time he likes to do VFX stuff. You can always find him playing with tools like Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc. His current gear is OnePlus 6.

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