During all the international HUBBUB surrounding the arrival of Android 2.1 for the Euro Hero last night, we missed this little announcement from Google’s Nexus One division – revealing that the official, over-the-air Android 2.2 “FroYo” update for its Nexus One phone will begin to roll-out this week.

Here’s the news, from Google’s Nexus One blog:

Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive the Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features including support for making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser. For a complete list of everything we’ve included in Android 2.2, please see the Android 2.2 Platform Highlights.

In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone’s notification bar. Just download the update, wait for it to install, and you should be all set. This update will be rolled out gradually to phones – and most users will receive the notification by the end of the week . We hope you enjoy these new features.

Great news for those early-adopters brave enough to join Google’s crazy direct-sales experiment.

Sorry for using such a boring photo to illustrate such an exciting piece of news. At least you’ll be able to use iPlayer on it now.

Related posts:

1. UPDATE: HTC confirms Android 2.1 update for HTC Hero is live in Europe
2. Nexus One “FroYo” update hitting more handsets – OTA 2.2 launch spreads