Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 gaining Ice Cream Sandwich OTA Soon

Samsung is continually pushing updates for their various devices out to consumers. Of course those owners that have a Samsung device that aren’t carrier branded end up with the update first. Then trails in the carrier versions. T-Mobile already rolled out their update tot he Galaxy Tab 10.1 and now Verizon is releasing the information about their Ice Cream Sandwich update for the tablet. The new update will move your Tab 10.1 up to software version i905.LP11. It brings along Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 and all the usual goodies you have all been impatiently waiting on.

• Applied Android Ice Cream (ICS) OS upgrade to 4.0.4.
  – Pinch to Zoom functionality has been added in homescreen and main menu screen.
  – Google Plus has been integrated.
  – Google Text-To-Speech Engine has been integrated in the upgrade.
• In Email search menu, search criteria by date, sender & title.
• In Email Composer, ‘undo’ and ‘redo’ options have been added.
• A quick response message may be quickly inserted into the body while composing a message.
• Initiate a ‘New Meeting Invitation’ for Exchange accounts.
• Redesigned Gallery app with photo editor includes:
  – More ways to sort albums by time, location, people and tags.
  – Photo studio that allows users to crop and rotate pictures, set levels and remove red eyes.
  – Improved Picture Gallery widget lets users look at pictures directly on their home screen.

• Rich and versatile camera capabilities including:
  
  - Continuous focus.
  – Android 4.0 Zero shutter lag exposure.
  -Stabilized image zoom.
  -Build in face detection to locate faces in the frame and automatically set focus
  -Single-motion panorama.
  -Apps can now set custom metering regions in a camera preview.
• Wi-Fi Direct support by Android platform.
• Android 4.0 introduces built-in support from third-party apps, users can connect to wireless medical devices and sensors in hospitals, fitness centers, homes and elsewhere.

Update release time hasn’t been mentioned just yet, but generally when Verizon posts up a support page for a new OTA it follows soon after. Verizon tosses up the usual overview info such as the build weighing in at 248MB and being prepared for a 10 to 15 minute wait during install without use of the tablet. All common sense anymore.

Via: Verizon Support