Along with Google Nexus 5 smartphone, Google has also revealed Android 4.4 Kitkat. Google also claimed that it is the most polished version of Android which comes with better user interface and many new features. Google Nexus 5 is the first device to come with Android 4.4 Kitkat.
According to Google, Android 4.4 comes with improvements to almost all basic apps. It needs less memory than earlier versions of Android. Android KitKat will work properly on device with just 512 MB RAM.
“Now, we’re making calling easier than ever, by helping you search across your contacts, nearby places, or even Google Apps accounts (like your company’s directory), directly from within the app,” Google noted in a blog post.
“Until now, some lower-end Android phones couldn’t benefit from more recent Android releases due to memory constraints. With KitKat, we’ve slimmed down Android’s memory footprint by doing things like removing unnecessary background services and reducing the memory consumption of features that you use all the time,” Google added, “RAM (or memory) is one of the most expensive parts of a phone, and now Android can run comfortably on the 512MB of RAM devices that are popular in much of the world, bringing the latest goodies in Android 4.4 within reach for the next billion smartphone users.”
key features of Android 4.4 :
- “Ok Google”: Now, you can launch Google search just by saying “OK Google.” No need to touch your phone.
- Full screen experience: New immersive mode automatically hides everything except what you really want to see. Just swipe the edge of the screen to bring back your status bar and navigation buttons.
- Faster multitasking: Android 4.4 comes with better multitasking and less memory consumptation. Thus, it gives all-time highest performance
- Can run on devices with 512MB of RAM
- built-in Device management
- Beautiful full-screen album and movie art While listening to music, or while projecting movies to Chromecast
- Smarter caller ID
- Emoji now a part of Google keyboard
- Full-screen wallpapers with preview
- Comes Built-in support for Google Cloud Print
- Pre-loaded Quickoffice
- From apps like Quickoffice, you can open and save files on Google Drive,
- Bluetooth MAP support
- Low-power audio playback
- Chrome web view
- Easy home screen switching
- Closed captioning
- Downloads app redesign
- Easy home screen switching
- Email app refresh
- HDR+ photography
- Support for Infrared blasting
- Location in Quick Settings
- Location modes and monitoring
- Music and movie-seeking from lock screen
- Secure app sandboxes
- Step counting built-in
- Tap to pay, built a new way
- Touchscreen improvements
It will come pre-loaded on Nexus 5. Nexus 4, 7, 10, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play edition are other devices which will get Android 4.4 soon.
