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Sony Xperia 5 IV
With other OEMs already updating their devices to Android 13 left and right, it’s time for Sony to up their game, and that’s exactly what it finally decided to do today. Next, the Japanese manufacturer is now bringing the latest Android flavors to the Xperia 5 IV and Xperia Pro-I. Additionally, the Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III from 2021 got the stable Android 13 update in select regions.
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Sony Xperia 5 IV
The fourth generation Xperia 5 is receiving the sweet Android 13 treatment in Southeast Asia and Japan. To be precise, the update for the Xperia 5 IV is currently being rolled out to the dual-SIM Asian variant (XQ-CQ72) of the device, while the update for the Japanese model is being rolled out to the NTT Docomo variant (SO-54C).
Sony Embedded software owners can identify the new update by the build number 64.1.A.0.857 (Asia) / 64.1.C.0.90 (NTT Docomo). The release includes the December 2022 Android security patches. At this time, we have no information on when the update will be rolled out to other types of these devices.
Sony Xperia 1 III, 5 III and Pro-I
For the Mark III series, the Android 13 update is rolling out as 61.2.A.0.382 (for Xperia 1 III) and 61.2.A.0.381 (for Xperia 5 III). On the other hand, Xperia Pro-I users should be able to locate the update marked 61.2.F.0.147. However, the updates bring slightly outdated security patches in November 2022.
Once again, Southeast Asian models are leading the race, which means the XQ-BC72 (1 III), XQ-BQ72 (5 III), and XQ-BE72 (Pro-I) variants are expected to see an OTA prompt soon.
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We should see the Android 13 update for the aforementioned devices reach more countries over the coming days and weeks. While you might try fiddling with Sony’s tool to download the update for your phone, tools developed by the XDA community such as XDA make it a lot easier to skip the queue and download the new build directly from the company’s update server for manual flashing.
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