We have been aware of an impending update for the Motorola Xoom for some time now, and tonight we may finally find out what has been shrouded in mystery all this time. A minor update, or what we’re all hoping for, ICS.

Here’s the email popping into inboxes of those who signed up for the Xoom “Google Experience Device” Testing.

Hi. Thanks for your patience as we’ve waited for this project to begin. Because we are dealing with a Google Experience Device (GED) we have less insight to timing than we would usually have. However, I’m happy to announce that we will start the update this evening. Because it was delayed a few days, we will also have additional time to test; we will let it run through the weekend. Remember to keep your feedback in the private community provided, and in the survey I will send after a few days. Please go here to access the private site and to learn more. Note that you will not be able to post on the other areas of the site during the soak — this project is confidential. (If you have not yet logged into the new forums site, you will need to do so. Please follow all instructions before sending emails here for help.) Thanks, – Matt Motorola Owners’ Forum Motorola Feedback Network

The link in the email is yet to be functional, stay tuned.

[Update]

Confirmed. ICS rolls out to test participants starting at 9pm PST 1/12/2012 and will continue throughout the weekend. Assuming no extreme issues are discovered, Motorola says they will very likely release this update to the masses. A group of some thousands of Xoom Wi-Fi owners will receive the software upgrade which includes some random participants outside of testing as well it seems. Good luck Xoom owners!

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!