LG smartphones to be upgraded to Android 4.0

LG will begin upgrading the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS by the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2012.

Zeebiz Bureau

New Delhi: Following the footsteps of smartphone maker HTC and Samsung, Cellpone maker LG has also geared up to roll out Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Validating the news, LG on its company Facebook account has posted that it will begin offering the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS upgrade by the second and third quarters of 2012. The company has also mentioned that the software will be available only for a select range of its smartphones initially after which they will globally roll out the software. Ice Cream Sandwich brings a host of new features, including the ability to unlock the device using facial recognition and resize widgets on screen. It also enables Honeycomb-styled multitasking, notifications and Android Beam, letting users share information through near-field communications. Smartphones to be upgraded Ice Cream Sandwich in the first phase includes LG Eclipse, LG Optimus 2X, Optimus LTE, LG Optimus Sol, LG my Touch Q and the Prada phone by LG 3.0. LG Optimus Black, LG Optimus EX, LG Optimus Big,  LG Optimus 3D and LG Optimus Q2 will be upgraded once the first phase is completed.