If you’re the proud owner of a Sprint Evo 4G, today’s your lucky day. The powers that be are rolling out the latest upgrade to your Android operating system as we type.
According to several gadget blogs and several of our friends on Twitter, Froyo downloads are available for some folks now and should be coming to all Evo users shortly.
So far, we’re hearing from users that “Flash ads suck!” on the Evo. They can be avoided by selecting “on demand” in the plugin settings.
The release of Android 2.2, more commonly known as Froyo, has been one of the most hotly anticipated events in the OS’s history, but its release has been staggered so far. Froyo appeared on Nexus One devices about a month ago, and some phones, such as the Galaxy S, won’t see the new OS until later in the fall.
Froyo was unveiled officially at Google I/O in May. At the time, we saw that it performed incredibly fast, running laps around other operating systems. It also plays well with Flash, streams music from any desktop library (including iTunes), provides hassle-free wireless connectivity for other devices, runs web and native apps, and automatically syncs desktop and mobile applications.
We haven’t yet heard that it turns water into wine, but Froyo’s pretty amazing and without a doubt the most exciting thing to come to Android devices in the OS’s brief existence. At its launch, we called it “a slap in Apple’s face.”
If you’ve been able to download and run Froyo, let us know your first impressions in the comments, and congratulations! Just know that millions of Droid owners are really, really jealous of you right now.
Although Verizon has said that Droid users will get Froyo sometime this week, they have been tight-lipped on specifics; we’ll update you as soon as we can confirm that information and determine an exact date.
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