How to update ASUS Padfone 2 to Android 4.3

Android 4.3, is the fastest and smoothest version of Android yet. And it improves on the simplicity and beauty of Android 4.0, and introduces a new Google search experience on Android.

Asus has released a calendar containing information about the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for all their Android devices.According to the table, the Asus Padfone 2 and Asus Padfone Infinity will get the update to the latest Jelly Bean version by the third quarter of this year, which should be before the end of September.

But we have bad news for the first generation Padfone fans, Asus does not seem to be planning on any update for it.

Of course, you can try the follow method:

First, you must back up your ASUS Padfone 2 information.
Google has your back. Go to Settings > Privacy, and make sure that “Back up my settings” and “Automatic restore” are checked off. Go to Settings > Accounts and sync, open your Gmail account, and check off all options. With these settings in place, your contacts, system settings, apps, calendar, and e-mail will be restored whenever you set up a new Android phone with that same Gmail account.
Google hasn’t implemented a native photo backup service yet, so look to third-party apps to safeguard your photos. You might want to consolidate your mobile photos with those you already have stored in a cloud service. For instance, Photobucket Mobile will automatically upload newly snapped photos in the background to your Photobucket account. Flickr Companion and Picasa Tool are also free apps that allow mobile uploading but don’t do so automatically

Then, check your ASUS Padfone 2 Current Software Version and update through Windows and Mac computers using the Kies software application.
If you have not already installed Kies on your computer, click http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/ to go to the Kies page.
When you download and isntall the Kies,then Start it and Connect ASUS Padfone 2 to your PC.
Ensure that Kies recognizes your device by looking in the upper section of the left-bar navigation menu. Your device should be listed.
Once Kies recognizes the device you will see the update page.
Click Update and read through the Caution pop-up and, if you agree, click to populate the I have read all of the above information checkbox.
Read the Allow saving of information statement and select Allow saving or Proceed without saving and then click Start upgrade.
Kies will begin downloading firmware upgrade components from servers. This will take a few minutes depending on the speed of your Internet connection.
After a few minutes, the firmware upgrade will be completed.
Click OK. You can now disconnect your ASUS Padfone 2 from the PC. Once the device has rebooted,ASUS Padfone 2 will be ready to use.

Last,Kies can help you restore the ASUS Padfone 2 OS,of course, you can also use Google to restore.