The arrival of Android 13 has certainly sparked a yearning among Android enthusiasts to be able to get their hands on the latest Android OS version, and as such, we’ve seen manufacturers and OEMs left and right push the new update to their flagship devices.
With that said, ASUS has likewise begun to roll out Android 13 for its newest Zenfone 9 device series, and it seems that users have finally gotten the update on their handsets. A post on Zentalk forums goes over the update schedule, although it advises users that the update will be pushed out in batches, so some Zenfone 9 owners might have to do a bit of waiting before Android 13 lands on their respective devices. The changelog for the update (version 33.0804.2060.65) is as follows:
- Revamped Mobile Manager, Contacts, Phone, Emergency Dialer, File Manager, Calculator, Clock, Gallery, Weather, Sound recorder, Settings, Data Transfer, Local backup, and other Asus apps
- Adjusted Quick Settings panel, notification tray, and volume panel to Android 13 design
- Added the notification permission feature. You can adjust the permission of each apps in the Apps & notifications Settings
- System clipboard added “Auto delete” and editor features
- Added the QR code scanner option for the lock screen shortcut feature, and the “Control from locked device”feature in the Security & lock screen setting
- If Bedtime option is setup in Digital Wellbeing, system color scheme can now be set to automatically switch with bedtime option
- Adjusted the Vibration & haptic strength setting, Display and font size setting, and the width/length of navigation white bar when choosing gesture navigation
- Changed to the Blocked numbers setting in Phone to stock behavior. You will not receive calls or texts from blocked numbers
- Removed the Call duration setting
- Added the Themed icons option in the Wallpaper & style setting Support more color combinations
- Added “link quick share” feature in ASUS Launcher
- Added Asus customization preferences setting. Allows applying the collection of commonly used customization settings with one click
- Removed the ‘Calm’ and ‘Elegant’ options in the Power button menu style setting. Add the display item management option to allow the user to control the number of buttons in the menu
- Adjusted the design of the dialpad and contacts details page in the Phone app to display information more clearly
It should be said that Zenfone 9 users should back up their data before installing the update, and the probability of bugs on Android 13 (as well as incompatible apps) is something that should be kept in mind. Hopefully though, we won’t see too many problems with the latest Android update.
Launched a few months back, the Zenfone 9 is the latest Android phone from the Taiwanese-based electronics giant, and takes over for the Zenfone 8 devices from last year. It’s also one of the few “compact” Android phones available on the market today, a design trait not commonly seen on most modern handsets.
