Nokia begins rollout of Lumia Black software update

Nokia has already started rolling out the new Lumia Black software update for select Windows Phone 8 Lumia smartphones.

The Lumia Black update brings new features, improvements in imaging, new apps and app updates from Microsoft and Nokia to make the Lumia smartphone experience even better.

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Below are the main features brought by the new update:

App Folder. This brand new feature makes your Lumia experience even more fluid by giving you an option to further personalize and organize your Start screen. With App folders you can group similar apps and settings into one folder, a tile, on your Start screen.

Nokia Glance screen 2.0. Helps you keep track of information in real time, making all your most important notifications including: phone, messages, email, outlook, calendar, or any apps that use notifications such as Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp, or games; always visible at a glance on your screen. It saves time and energy.

Bluetooth LE. Will now be enabled across the full Windows Phone 8 Lumia range forcompatible gadgets like the Adidas MiCoach accessories.

Nokia Refocus. The amazing 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.

Other features include safe driving mode, customised ringtones, the ability to close apps within the in multitasking view, and lock the screen rotation.

The Lumia Black update is now being made available for the Lumia 1020 and Lumia 925. Other models in the range (Lumia 920, Lumia 820, Lumia 720, Lumia 625, Lumia 620, Lumia 520) following in the coming weeks.

To check for the update on your Lumia smartphone go to Settings -> Phone update.

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Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

https://www.yugatech.com

30 Comments

123 says:

11 years ago

Another stupid article. copy paste na naman. Same na same nitong article na to http://connecteddigitalworld.com/2014/01/09/nokia-lumia-black-update-begins-roll-now/
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Mas Tanga says:

11 years ago

Tanga,

The point, I believe, is why bother posting an article when it already exists? And the same one, too? It’s a waste. They’re just posting for posting’s sake AND to garner more page hits. At least add something NEW: insight, analysis, whatever, so that it’s not a copy-paste.
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churvachenes says:

11 years ago

same logic behind “why bother sharing an article in FB if kung na post na ng friend mo?”.. maybe dahil Hindi lahat ng friends mo is friends with the one who posted the article?
And besides, i dont know where to set my level techie-ness but i love to get updated with the latest gadgets and ka-ek-ekan.. but not to the extent na i will check the nokia, samsung, sony sites everyday.. so this site re-posting stuff from all those sites are exactly the point why People visit it dba? Makes sense?
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gary says:

11 years ago

bakit wala update sa Lumia 900?
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shalala says:

11 years ago

kung walang magandang sasabihin, wag na mag comment.

information ang hanap ng tao hindi yung kung saan galing yung totoong source ng info.

Kung may mali/misleading naman ung info, pwede naman tumingin sa ibang sites for clarification.

Hello! net is so vast kaya ang duplication di maiiwasan. Husga kayo ng husga, kayo nalang kaya gumawa ng article…

Kung kayo man yung totoong author ng mga info na sinasabi nyong posts dito na kopya lang sa ibang sites, aba, problema nyo na yun!
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bobong critics says:

11 years ago

fyi gagana ang app folder kahit amber lang guys

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/app-folder/7d2e7de3-95e7-4143-8a9d-aedf8c3f901e
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poppy says:

11 years ago

Plagiarism at its finest… Ganito na ba ang yugatech ngayon…
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925 says:

11 years ago

my 925 is still not prompted for the black update.
by countries ba ang update?
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jerome says:

11 years ago

..any new features for this phone?????
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paul says:

11 years ago

sana mag android na din kau NOKIA.. nhuhuli na po kau hehehehe
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jherwynne says:

11 years ago

Just got my Lumia 620 updated.
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Jacob Dalziel says:

4 years ago

very useful
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Isaac Ruthven says:

4 years ago

very interesting
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Ella says:

3 years ago

OMG, a so old news. It seems to me news about Nokia will always be actual, haha)) Shortly, waiting for some decades after still to remember about first Nokias
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Martin says:

2 years ago

It seems to me news about Nokia will always be actual
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