Sony finally delivers the latest Android 13 update to Xperia 10 IV smartphones to Southeast Asia region users, and here's what to expect.

It is about time that Sony joined the competition and updated its smartphone lines with the most recent Android version in Southeast Asia regions. Since its gradual release in 2022, numerous smartphone manufacturers have been releasing Android 13 software updates to their smartphones.

According to XDA-Developers, Sony has finally released the Android 13 update to the Sony Xperia 10 IV, the latest device to receive from the Sony smartphone line. The Xperia 5 IV, 1 III, 5III, and Pro-I are some of the company's first smartphones to get the Android 13 firmware upgrade. 

Sony Xperia 10 IV Android 13 Update

Along with the Android security updates for December 2022, Android 13 for the Xperia 10 IV from Sony includes all the new features Google added with the platform upgrade. Unfortunately, Greenbot reports that the update has only been made available to people in Southeast Asia. It can take a few days or weeks for Xperia 10 IV owners in other territories to receive the Android 13 build for their devices. 

Users should soon receive an OTA notification for the stable Android 13 release if they own the Xperia 10 IV model stated above. To prevent any problems, make sure to back up your data as soon as you receive the message and charge your phone to at least 60% before installing the update.

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What To Expect From Android 13: Fixes, UI Changes

While this may not be the first Android 13 update for Sony's smartphones, the Xperia 10 IV is the latest device to receive the update. To give users a brief overview of the released update for Sony smartphone owners, here is the full list of changes according to Android:

Camera

• HDR video capture

Core functionality

• Legacy copy of speech service implementation removed.
• OpenJDK 11 updates

Developer productivity and tools

• Themed app icons
• Per-app language preferences
• Faster hyphenation
• Text Conversion APIs
• Improved line heights for non-Latin scripts
• Improved Japanese text wrapping
• Unicode library updates
• Color vector fonts
• Quick Settings placement API
• Clipboard preview
• Predictive back gesture
• Bluetooth LE Audio
• MIDI 2.0
• ART optimizations

Google Play services

• Permission required for advertising ID

Graphics

• Programmable shaders
• Choreographer improvements

Media

• Anticipatory audio routing
• Spatial audio
• Updates to non-SDK interface restrictions

Performance and battery

• Foreground Services (FGS) Task Manager
• Improve prefetch job handling using JobScheduler
• Battery Resource Utilization

Privacy and security

• Runtime permission for notifications
• Hide sensitive content from the clipboard
• Migrate away from shared user ID
• New runtime permission for nearby Wi-Fi devices
• Use of body sensors in the background requires new permission
• Intent filters block non-matching intents
• Granular media permissions
• Safer exporting of context-registered receivers
• Photo picker
• New runtime permission for nearby Wi-Fi devices
• New permission to use exact alarms
• Developer downgradable permissions
• APK Signature Scheme v3.1
• Better error reporting in Keystore and KeyMint
• Improved support for tablets and large-screen devices

User experience

• Media controls derived from PlaybackState
• App color theme applied automatically to WebView content

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