Android 4.1.2 goes live, gives Nexus 7 owners landscape home screen

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/10/nexus-7-android-4-1-2-1349805400.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/09/android-4-1-2-goes-live-gives-nexus-7-owners-landscape-home-screen/)We've been seeing a mysterious Android 4.1.2 update mentioned in conjunction with a few unreleased (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/08/lg-e960-mako-surfaces-in-photos-may-be-the-future-nexus-phone/)devices (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/08/htc-dlx-specs-purportedly-slip-stuff-snapdragon-s4-pro-and-12mp-cam/) in the past few hours, so it's only fitting that we're seeing the official release today. Google's Android Open Source Project lead Jean-Baptiste Queru has posted word that the 4.1.2 release should be available on Tuesday for at least those relying on pure AOSP (http://www.engadget.com/tag/AOSP/) builds of the mobile OS. While we haven't seen the update reach our own devices yet, some Nexus 7 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/) owners already report getting 4.1.2 on their tablets with a pleasant surprise in store: in addition to the expected bug fixes and performance boosts, the software lets the home screen rotate to landscape mode on the smaller Jelly Bean (http://www.engadget.com/tag/JellyBean/) slate. We're keeping an eye out for when other hardware gets the patch, although it's expected that the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Xoom will follow quickly enough.

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