The novel adaptation of Android is finally here , and its with child feature is a Modern stage for an old ducky . Google Now is get more glare than ever , and that ’s fantastic . But even better , even folks with older handsets will ( theoretically ) be able to get in on the merriment .
With the update to 4.4 , the power to skip to Google Now by saying “ OK Google ” comes to vanilla Android , though only for the Nexus 5 right now . Google Now is also score an appearance as an existent page on the homescreen , through the plus of a new Nexus 5 launcher . It ’s unreadable how much of this will come to other phones but hopefully all the parts will that do n’t require specialized hardware . ( Update : Yup the “ OK Google ” is only for the Nexus 5 , in part because you postulate cow dung - degree ironware to support it . But expect that to be a feature in a lot more Android phones to come , definitely any that are repping a Snapdragon 800 . )
And it ’s not just the same Google Now you ’ve had all year ; Google says the prescient service is about to get some update for even more new cards that will endeavor to guess what you want before you ’re even thinking it . That ’ll sure be ready to hand forwhen that smartwatch comes out , eh ?
https://gizmodo.com/why-googles-secret-smartwatch-is-the-first-one-youll-1441193504
There are also a match of app update . We see what was coming for Hangoutsa few day ago , and surprisal surprise , the new version of that app with its SMS capabilities built in will be make it with 4.4 . The phonation cry stuff and nonsense that Hangouts has on iOS is still MIA though . And then there are some other , flyspeck modifications as well . The headphone app now machine - prioritizes the people you lecture to most , and company ID will Google a number and match it up with Google Business listings if it ’s not already in your address book . Rad !
https://gizmodo.com/google-is-finally-making-hangouts-as-good-as-it-should-1454157302
And while KitKat is launching with the Nexus 5 , and shortly undulate out to other Nexus and Google Play Edition machine , folks with Old handsets have poppycock to get activated about too . This is the boring , but important crux of the KitKat rise : with a wealth of under - the - hood improvements , KitKat is actually reducing the toll the OS takes on a telephone set ’s bowel . Thanks to a reduction in KitKat ’s footprint it can run “ well ” on machine with as broken as 512 MB of RAM , so KitKat wo n’t just be for the high - grade gimmick elite once it starts trickling down through flattop . perhaps we can lastly get some Android unity , though that ’s the promise every time around . This time there ’s no real technical reason it should n’t happen though as long ascarriers and their skinsdon’t deflower everything for everyone .
https://gizmodo.com/whats-the-point-of-android-skins-5963773
Android 4.4 , KitKat , which comes on Nexus 5 , will also soon be available on Nexus 4 , 7 , 10 , the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google frolic edition devices in the coming week , and hopefully everyone else in the not - to - remote futurity .
you could read a altogether thorough listing of updates in 4.4 KitKathere . [ Google Blog ]
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