Enjoy new sharing experiences with BlackBerry® Tag and connect in real time with BBM™ and new BBM connected apps. Update your BlackBerry® 7 OS to 7.1 today.
BlackBerry 7.1 OS is the smoothest BlackBerry experience to date with instant response times and faster page loading.
With new technologies like Near Field Communication1, Augmented Reality2 and HD video recording3, there’s even more to explore.
New pre-installed apps and services let you do more while on the go.
The new BlackBerry 7.1 OS incorporates the next generation Liquid Graphics™ performance, web browsing 40% faster than OS 6, and breakthrough technologies like Augmented Reality and Near Field Communication. Keeping your software up to date will ensure you can enjoy the newest features and enhancements.
Already have a smartphone with BlackBerry 7 OS? Update to BlackBerry® 7.1** to enjoy new features.
Update your BlackBerry 7 OS software
** Subject to carrier and device availability. Currently only available on the BlackBerry Curve 9220 and BlackBerry Bold 9900.
New features in BlackBerry 7.1
Waiting in a coffee shop or airport but unable to find a Wi-Fi hotspot? Turn on Mobile Hotspot on your BlackBerry smartphone, found under Manage Connections, and create a hotspot. Then share it by connecting up to five Wi-Fi devices at once.4
Pull up documents on your BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet while tethering it to your fully functional BlackBerry smartphone and still have three other devices connected to Mobile Hotspot at once.
New features in BlackBerry 7.1
With BlackBerry Tag, simply align the back of your Near Field Communication (NFC)1 enabled BlackBerry smartphone with the back of another NFC enabled BlackBerry smartphone to:
New features in BlackBerry 7.1
While you've got Wi-Fi connectivity by connecting to Mobile Hotspot4, make calls over Wi-Fi instead of using your plan's minutes.
New features in BlackBerry 7.1
With FM tuner support, tune in to your favorite FM stations on the spot, from virtually anywhere.5 Local news and music are now at your fingertips.
New features in BlackBerry 7.1
With each key stroke you enter in your universal search, the auto suggest feature filters local search results and suggested Bing™ web search terms to interpret exactly what you're looking for and provide you with options.
Twitter® is now a BBM connected app, which means BBM is built right in. Quickly and easily post your latest tweet as your BBM status by selecting the Share with BBM icon. The best part? You can do this right from the Twitter app.
Share even more without ever leaving your Facebook® app. It's now a BBM connected app and that means BBM is built right in. Post a status update or location check-in on Facebook, then easily make it your BBM status by selecting the Share with BBM icon.
The updated BlackBerry® Travel™ app makes it easier than ever to share your travel activities.6 BlackBerry Travel is a BBM connected app, so you can instantly update BBM contacts on your travel status with just a few clicks-you won't even have to leave the app.7
Updated BlackBerry Travel app coming soon
BlackBerry App World is now a BBM connected app, so your most recent app download can be automatically shared to your contacts via your BBM profile-without ever having to leave BlackBerry App World.
Updated BlackBerry App World app coming soon
Enjoy a faster and more responsive BlackBerry experience. Thanks to a powerful graphics processor and blazing-fast CPU, Liquid Graphics™ delivers instant response times, smoother rendering and fluid animations.
When combined with the high-resolution screen on the BlackBerry smartphone, you get a stunning graphical display.
Experience seamless panning and zooming, better web-based video and gaming, and the most powerful BlackBerry® Browser to date. With page load times 40% faster than BlackBerry® 6, HTML5 video support and industry‑leading JavaScript® performance, you can browse the web or check out your friends’ newly posted videos on Facebook® with ease.
With Near Field Communication (NFC)1 built right in, you can get information and link up with other NFC-enabled devices or authentic BlackBerry accessories - all with a single tap.
And with BlackBerry Tag, available with BlackBerry 7.1, you can invite a friend to BBM and share music, files, photos and videos with a simple tap between two NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones.
Interact and socialise with your world in an exciting new way with Augmented Reality2:
Leave your digital camera behind and capture every moment with full HD 720p video recording capabilities.3
With speech-to-text translation, search for files, emails, contacts, music and more - all without typing a thing. Comb through everything on your BlackBerry smartphone and even search the web.
Find what you need, and sometimes things you didn't even know you wanted, with the auto suggest feature in BlackBerry 7.1. It filters local search results and suggested Bing™ web search terms with each key stroke.
From productive to playful, discover a new world of pre-installed apps and services8. So, right out of the box, you get the powerful features you need to get you from the coffee shop to that important meeting, then back home for dinner.
Log in to the BlackBerry® Protect website to lock, locate or wipe your smartphone from wherever you are.9
With BlackBerry® Balance™ technology, your work and private lives never mix—so you can do it all on one device.
Create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint docs, and view PDF docs anywhere, anytime with this free, mobile document suite.
With BBM™ features built right into many of your favorite apps, you can share or chat with your BBM friends while you’re in the app.
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