Motorola was among the first to announce its plans for device upgrades to Android 4.4 KitKat. Right out of the gate, it confimed that the Moto X, DROID Ultra, DROID Maxx and DROID Mini would all be upgraded. At the launch of the Moto G, it also confirmed that its latest smartphone would also be upgraded by the end of […]
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North American HTC One to get Android 4.4 KitKat update in January
HTC was among the first to outline its Android 4.4 KitKat upgrade plans. A day after Google formally unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system, HTC promised to have it on the unlocked and North American carrier variants of the HTC One within 90 days. Today, it provided a further update to precise the timeline. HTC will deliver […]
Older Nexus Android 4.4 build updated to KRT16S
It appears that we have an explanation as to why the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 devices is taking so long to roll out. It has released a new build, version KRT16S, which includes unspecified bug fixes as well as the usual performance and stability improvements. This would suggest that it slowed […]
Verizon begins Android 4.4 KitKat Moto X upgrade rollout
Motorola today announced that it has begun to rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat to the Moto X. First up is Verizon Wireless in the U.S. Not only is Motorola the first manufacturer to ugprade a non-Nexus smartphone but it looks set to beat out its parent company Google in rolling out the update to its own Nexus 4 smartphone (but coming […]
Google working on improving Android camera with burst mode and RAW support
It appears that Google is working on a number of enhancements for the default Android camera app. Among new features we could see in the near future are a burst mode, improved face detection and support for the RAW format. The notes with the initial code commit indicates the following are planned: Full-capability devices allow for per-frame control of capture […]
Android 4.4 KitKat upgrade for HTC One Google Play Edition ready for rollout
Among the devices confirmed already to be receiving Android 4.4 KiKat upgrades are the Google Play Editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One. HTC this week tweeted that it had turned over the necessary code to Google, adding that Google itself would determine when to push the update out. Good news, we've delivered KitKat code to Google […]
Huawei Ascend P6 Android 4.4 KitKat upgrade coming in January
As expected, now that Android 4.4 KitKat is official, manufacturers are starting to reveal their plans to upgrade devices to this latest version of Android. For example, both HTC and Motorola have announced theirs already. The latest to do so is Huawei which this week confirmed that it will upgrade the ultra-slim Ascend P6, currently on Android 4.2.2, in January. […]
Motorola to launch Moto G in U.S. with Android 4.4 KitKat preinstalled
Motorola this week unveiled the Moto G. While it will launch in Canada shortly, customers in the U.S. will need to wait until early January to get their hands on it. Having to wait will have one benefit though: Android 4.4 KitKat will come pre-installed. Mark Randal, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Operations, explained to Omio that the U.S. […]