Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has kicked off Jelly Bean updates for its flagship Galaxy S3 smartphones that run on the third-generation (3G) network.

Following the update for the 3G model, the company plans to expand the update for the latest Android operating system version to other locally-released products, such as the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy S3 that supports fourth-generation long term evolution connection, Samsung said in a press release. (Yonhap News)