Motorola Xoom tablet gets Android 3.1 today

Mobile device maker Motorola has announced that Xoom tablet owners can get the software update to Android 3.1 starting today.android 2.2 tablet  Motorola confirmed with The INQUIRER that UK owners of the 3G and WiFi only models can expect an automatic update or can do this manually already. The update has been long awaited and was originally promised back in June.

motorola said on facebook, "Android 3.1 for Motorola XOOM in Europe has now started to roll out in a number of countries. touch screen android tablet pc We are rolling out in stages and will let you now when the update is available in your specific country and so please watch this space. Details will be posted within the discussions tab and so please join us there or visit www.motorola.com/myxoom."
Xoom owners in the US have had the update for months now and in June Motorola announced that it was starting to roll out the update outside of the US, android tablets uk saying, "Owners in Europe can expect updates over the next several weeks", but this never happened until today.

Motorola told us the reason for the delay was to make sure everything was ready for a successful rollout via testing and said, "We know Motorola XOOM owners in Europe have been anxiously awaiting the Android 3.1 update. .slate tablet pc The testing process is now complete and we confirmed yesterday that the update was beginning to roll out in many countries."

Normally an update like this would mean the device is on the latest version but there are already tablets available that are running Android 3.2, such as Acer's Iconia Tab A100.
As well as new features, including resizable widgets,android 2.2 tablet   the update to Android 3.1 will mean that Xoom tablet owners will finally be able to use the SD card slot in the device.