Nokia Lumia Black software update in South Africa

Nokia announced in a press release on Friday, 10 January 2013, that its Black update for Nokia Lumia smartphones running Windows Phone 8 has started to roll out in South Africa.

According to Nokia, the update brings new features, improvements in imaging, and new apps and app updates from Microsoft and Nokia.

Nokia highlighted the following as the main features of the update:

• App Folder: With App folders you can group similar apps and settings into one folder, a tile, on your Start screen.
• Nokia Glance screen 2.0: Notifications from the phone, messages, email, outlook, calendar, or any apps that use notifications such as Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp, or games are always visible at a glance on your screen.
• Bluetooth LE: Will now be enabled across the full Windows Phone 8 Lumia range for compatible gadgets like the Adidas MiCoach smart run watch.
• Nokia Refocus: Comes to all Windows Phone 8 Lumia smartphones with 1GB of RAM and upwards.
• Nokia Beamer: Sharing what’s on your phone is easier than ever with Nokia Beamer. You can now beam documents, presentations, anything you like, to any HTML5-enabled screen by simply scanning a QR code on the screen. It’s coming to all of the phones with 1GB RAM upwards.
• Nokia Storyteller: The app arranges your photos for you, by date and by place, making it easier to tell the stories behind your pictures, and give extra context through the close integration of interactive maps.
• Nokia Camera: Combines Nokia Pro Camera and Smart Camera to simplify the photo-taking experience, and ensure you get the perfect shot every time. The app has been available for Lumia PureView smartphones since last year, but it’s now coming to the rest of the WP8 Lumia range. The latest Nokia Camera update also brings raw DNG support for Lumia 1020 owners.
• Latest generation of imaging algorithms: The Lumia Black update further improves the image quality, especially in Lumia 1020. Among others, the improvements include a new oversampling algorithm, making your images more natural looking with reduced noise, while ensuring your photos remain wonderfully sharp.

Nokia Lumia smartphones automatically check for updates every week, and will notify users when it finds one.

Otherwise users can check by going to Settings -> Phone update, Nokia said, as it downloads and installs straight from that screen.

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