Vodafone Australia plans late December Windows Phone 8.1 update for most Lumia phones

Vodafone Australia has outlined its Windows Phone 8.1 update schedule for some notable Lumia smartphones, with many devices getting updated to Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 late this month or in January. The updates are planned for the Lumia 710, Lumia 735, Lumia 820, Lumia 925, and the Lumia 930 smartphones. The current status for these phones is that the carrier is "awaiting software for testing."

With the exception of the Lumia 925, which is expected to be updated in mid- or late January, owners of Microsoft's other Lumia smartphones on the list should expect their 8.1 update in late December or early January.

Are you excited to get Windows 8.1 officially on your Lumia phones? Let us know when you get the updates and which device you're on if you're a Vodafone Australia customer.

Source: Vodafone

Chuong Nguyen

Chuong's passion for gadgets began with the humble PDA. Since then, he has covered a range of consumer and enterprise devices, raning from smartphones to tablets, laptops to desktops and everything in between for publications like Pocketnow, Digital Trends, Wareable, Paste Magazine, and TechRadar in the past before joining the awesome team at Windows Central. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, when not working, he likes exploring the diverse and eclectic food scene, taking short jaunts to wine country, soaking in the sun along California's coast, consuming news, and finding new hiking trails.