Sony rolls out Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update for Sony Xperia L, brings new homescreen, revamped camera App and much more

Sony today announced a rollout of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update for its Sony Xperia L smart phones.  This was announced by Sony on its blog.  The new operating system will bring many changes to the Xperia L which previously used to run on Android 4.1.  Among the most important of the changes is the fully refurbished homescreen you will get if you own the Xperia L.  

Rolling from now: JB 4.2 for #XperiaL - custom ops, small apps, latest Sony's media apps & improved camera functions http://t.co/av6HHmT5F8
— Sony Xperia News (@SonyMobileNews) October 29, 2013

The new homescreen will give you a better UI experience with the widgets, Apps and shortcuts.  It will have 7 desktop panes and widgets will auto resize.  The Android 4.2 update will also make the Application tray much faster and easy to sort by just pressing and holding the App to move or add it to your home screen.  You can also create a folder within the tray by dropping it.  

Sony has also updated the Sony Media Apps. Now you can integrate Playmemories with album application and Music Unlimited integration in the walkman application.

Added camera functionalities such as Burst mode that ensures you never will miss a perfect shot again.

To get the update OTA update, go to Settings > About phone > Software updates > System updates.  To check the current version of your Sony Xperia L you can go to Settings > About phone > Build number / version.

The details about the release are as follows :

Android version: Google Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Latest available software: 15.3.A.0.26
Release started: 2013-10-29

I will suggest all Sony Xperia L users to update it using their Wi-Fi to avoid any hassles.