Will the Motorola Xoom be the first tablet to run Ice Cream Sandwich?

With Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), Google is hoping to unify the mobile and tablet versions of Android into a single recognisably consistent OS and – according to fudzilla – the Motorola Xoom may be the first tablet to receive the long-awaited update.

The news doesn’t come as too much of a surprise given that the big G is currently sealing a deal which will see them buying out Motorola for a cool US$12.5 billion, but it’s still a nice way to reward Xoom early adopters with a little something sweet.

Whether the update will be released with a rumoured Xoom 2 tablet is another matter entirely, but we’ll find out for sure this Wednesday when Motorola reveals all at their launch event.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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