It seems two models of Asus Zenfone 2 — company’s 2015 flagship — are receiving OTA updates today. Model no. ZE551ML (region code WW) will see its software version upgraded to v2.18.40.12, while another Zenfone 2 set, model no. ZE550ML (region code WW) will beaming with software version 2.18.40.7. Currently, both models run software version 2.17.xx.x.
The update seems massive, adding/fixing in total of 36 changes, but there isn’t any Android version upgrade obviously.
Here’s a full changelog of the v2.18.xx.x update to both models of Asus Zenfone 2.
- Use Google Search Widget on Default Home Screen (WW SKU)
- Improve Calendar App stability
- Fix Calling screen flow issue when make calls by both SIM1 and SIM2
- Improve Telephony stability
- Fix the Do not disturb mode issue that “Allow only priority interruption” would be back to default settings after reboot
- Fix MyASUS stability issue
- ASUS Power Saver:
- Provide variety of power saving mode for users to choose
- Auto change to Ultra saving mode when low battery
- Add Auto switch mode
- Add YahooAuction (TWSKU)
- Fixed 3rd party app issue.
- Return OK when setting parameters during picture encoding.
- Do not vibrate when android mode is incall.
- Update FW
- Fixed video gamma incorrect.
- Improve the image quality.
- Improve service stability
- Improve modem stability from crash
- Improve signal bar stability
- Force output to be primary output when using BT_SCO.
- Fixed system will reboot when connecting to VPN
- Increase multiPartition Number to 256
- Fix Download yahoo mail attachment issue when using ASUS Browser
- Fix several Browser issues
- Optimize Miracast connection UX flow
- Fix the issues of wallpaper installation failure through Dropbox
- Improve Music App stability
- Fix several issues in Settings
- ASUS Support UI improvement
- Improve Sound recorder stability
- System UI: Improve the SIM icon in system UI after FOTA MR6
- Increase 3dB gain for receiver.
- Improve Flip Cover function
- Using HW encode for 4G SKU.
- Correction privacy mode can not start a single hand mode
- Fixed difficult to lift the screen fixed function
- Fixed SIM settings issue
- Fixed browser unusual problem
