At last! Finally! Time to celebrate and open a bottle of grog! That’s right, it’s a joyous day today, a joyous day that should have come long ago but didn’t, but is finally going to make a lot of people happy. Verizon has at long last started rolling out the official Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus.

Android 4.1 is perhaps the greatest update to Android thanks to the smoothness and fluidity it brings to the OS with its “Project Butter” enhancements, along with other new features such as the redesigned notifications menu that shows expandable and actionable notifications, Google Now that feeds relevant information to a device based on time and location as well voice assisted Search, an accurate and improved keyboard with offline voice typing functionality, and quite a few more, all of which Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners will be now able to enjoy (unless they already updated via a custom ROM).

However, till October 1st, the update will only be available on Wi-Fi connections. To check for the update manually, head to Settings » About phone » System updates on your Verizon Galaxy Nexus, as you might have missed it if you were using mobile data recently.

Verizon is quite shamelessly stating that the Galaxy Nexus is the first device to get the Android 4.1 update on their network, which makes me wonder how long owners of non-Nexus Android devices on Verizon will be waiting for the jelly beans to rain down on them. But for now, Galaxy Nexus owners can go grab that tasty treat of Jelly Bean. Do let us know if you got the update yet, and stay tuned for a full step-by-step manual update guide.