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 […]
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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. […]
Kobo working on updated app for Android 4.4 KitKat (Updated)
If you’ve recently picked up a Google Nexus 5 (or upgraded your Nexus tablet), you may have discovered that the Kobo e-reading app crashes when you try to open a book. Browsing your library of downloads, accessing the Kobo store and checking your Reading Life stats all work but try to open a book and the dreaded app crash dialog […]
Android 4.4 KitKat update for Moto X coming within weeks
The new Moto G may have garnered most of the attention today at Motorola’s Sao Paulo event but there was good news for its Moto X sibling as well. Company CEO Dennis Woodside confirmed during the event that the Moto X will be updated to Android 4.4 “in a matter of weeks.” While we already knew that Motorola was working […]
Android 4.4 KitKat update rolling out to Google Nexus tablets
The Google Nexus 5’s reign as the only Android 4.4 KitKat device will have been short-lived. Google today announced that Android 4.4 KitKat updates are now rolling out for the Wi-Fi versions of its Nexus tablets, namely both the original Nexus 7 and the Nexus 7 (2013) as well as the Nexus 10. Starting today, Nexus 7 (2012 and 2013) […]