It has been about 9 months since Archos released their Gen8 line of Android tablets. While some had been unhappy with Archos not offering updates for previous generations shortly after release, they are still putting out updates for Gen8 line. This should give comfort for those thinking of purchasing their upcoming Gen9 line, since it seems Archos has learned from past mistakes.

 

The release came out yesterday and here is a break down of what it entails:

Version 2.3.81 – July 5th, 2011

 

  • Flash: integrate flash plugin version 10.1.105.7 (can be uninstalled)
  • Subtitle wizard: allow to associate a subtitle to a video (launched by a long press on a video file in video browser)
  • Audio player: solve some seldom force to close
  • Audio: increase compatibility with android applications (e.g. games)
  • Video: avoid crashes when playing truncated or broken MKV files
  • Video: fix Bulgarian subtitles detection
  • Wi-Fi: fix unit rebooting in loop sometimes when waking up from suspend leaving Wi-Fi on in nomadic situations
  • Battery estimation: report 100% at full charge (power led blinking) after removing the charger
  • Battery estimation: provide more accurate battery charge information at boot for A70it hard drive model
  • Media library: purge media library entries relative to the sdcard at sdcard removal
  • Internationalization: include better Russian translations

Archos has been adding functionality and fixing issues with then Gen8 line since release, and hopefully they will continue to do so.

 

Posted by Chris Garcia via Archos