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Android 4.2.2 is now starting to roll out to select Nexus devices I'm Joe Levi for pocketnow.com and will go hands-on with the Nexus 7 and the latest version of Android right now this is my Wi-Fi connected Nexus 7 and as you can see here everything looks pretty much the same as it always has the difference is this is running Android version 4.2.2 which is build number JD q39 another item to note while we're on this screen it's still running kernel version 3.1 so not a lot of changes there so speaking of changes what changes are in here well first and foremost all we know we don't have an official changelog yet is the update said that includes performance improvements and stability improvements so as far as performance goes benchmark scores were about the same maybe a little bit slower than they were with the original version of Android that came on the Nexus 7 which was 4.1 it's about on par for 4.2.1 but not an awful lot of changes here as far as stability goes some people especially on their Nexus 7 we're reporting problems with random reboots we've only run this for a couple hours but so far haven't noticed any lags or any hang-ups or any random reboots or anything weird so perhaps that was taken care of another thing that was potentially updated although we don't have official documentation to this this Bluetooth there is a known bug with Android version 4.2.1 with bluetooth streaming if you want to stream your audio over Bluetooth a 2 DP and you change radios basically 3G to 4G or whatnot or down to edge it'll screw up your Bluetooth playback I mean just it's awful that hiccups it's crappy and it's well known and if you use that you hate it and you know exactly what I'm talking about if you don't know if if you don't use that you don't know about it and it's not a problem but some people are reporting improvements in the Bluetooth stack in 4.2.2 but the problem may not be solved because they're still seeing those hiccups especially when changing radios everything I've shown you here has been on my Nexus 7 and it's the Wi-Fi version Wi-Fi seems to be getting the updates before the GSM versions of the Nexus 7 just FYI the other devices that are getting in the Nexus 10 we've seen reports that the Nexus 10 is also getting the update if you want to check and see if you are in queue you simply go in here to settings about tablet system updates and check now if that says you're up-to-date it means that your particular batch or your particular country is up to date and the new update hasn't been released for your particular device or in your particular location so just be patient unless you don't want to and then I've got a trick for you if you have a Galaxy Nexus the GSM version specifically the Google version you can also get this update if you've got the Samsung version who knows when but you can convert your Samsung Galaxy Nexus over to a Google Galaxy Nexus by just converting from hyuk-joo to talk to and and and you can get update straight from google it does require a wife of the device though so just be aware of that mm kind of conspicuously absent is the Nexus 4 we don't know why but the Nexus 4 hasn't gotten this update just yet at least not as of this filming if you have a nexus 4 and you've gotten the update let us know in the comments we want to know that'll be awesome we haven't seen anything else but one last thing to show you is if you take a look this is the Chrome browser and this is one of the biggest complaints that people had when going from the Android version that came with the Nexus 7 up to 4.2.1 so it came with 4.1 we upgraded a 4.2.1 and all of a sudden the Chrome browser got super laggy and it was just a terrible experience and it made some people go to other other browsers as you can see here were resuming we're scrolling and it's it's doing pretty well I haven't noticed much of that lag even when changing to other tabs and whatnot inside the Chrome browser it still has its areas where it's a little bit slower than the stock browser browser that you're familiar with from other versions of Android but all in all it's an improvement tell me what you think if you've seen different in your browser and on your device in the comments over at pocketnow.com if you liked what you saw give it a thumbs up and if you want that tip or trick on how you can get this right now we've got instructions and source files for you to sideload Android 4.2.2 on your Nexus 7 Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 10 over on the article at pocketnow.com there's a link right down in the bottom for you to get all of those so head over and do that right now no root no voiding of warranties required for pocket now showing off Android 4.2.2 I'm Joe Levi thanks for watching