Nexus 7 has received Android 4.3 recently. Overall, the tablet works a bit snappier, similar to an optimized ROM "Purity" ( download from here .) which is on 4.2.2. Chrome, the default browser, has upgraded to v 28.0.1500.94. Antutu v3 benchmark at 12,662. The performance is good and I am very pleased with this piece of hardware is already 8-9 months old.
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