Android KitKat is the first serious Android update since the days of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and there are many changes and new features that will be discovered when we receive the update on our smartphone or tablet or if we buy the Nexus 5 released today already with Android 4.4 inside. The main improvement of Android 4.4 is that it is lighter than previous versions and uses less memory .
One of the main objectives declared by Google for KitKat is the compatibility of the latest Android version not only with the most expensive and powerful smartphones, but also the lower-end, cheaper ones, with little RAM.
Android KitKat should therefore also run well on phones with 512 MB of RAM and will have better multitasking thanks to optimized memory management.
Android 4.4 will also be able to optimize the battery life of the mobile phone by keeping the processor idle when not in use
Android 4.4 KitKat will be an automatic update (in the coming weeks) for Nexus 4, HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 (Google Edition) smartphones and Nexus 7 tablets, new and old edition and Nexus 10 (there will be no update for the Galaxy Nexus because Google says that the support of each of its products ends after 18 months, very little).
The main news of Android 4.4 will be:
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1) By saying " Ok Google " you access the voice commands .
In practice, the mobile phone is always listening and is ready to activate voice commands when the magic phrase "Ok Google" is said aloud, but only if we are on the home screen or inside Google Now.
However, this feature will perhaps only be supported on the Nexus 5.
2) Applications can now start natively in full screen .
On Android 4.4 KitKat the apps will be able to start in full screen and you can swipe your finger from above to bring up the status bar and from the bottom to bring up the navigation bar.
3) Transparent status and navigation bar (above and below) to give more space to the screen
The Android icons from the system bars are white, they are no longer blue
4) Smarter Phone App
In a mobile phone with Android 4.4 if you receive the call from an unknown number, the system searches for that number on Google and associates it with the restaurant or shop to which it belongs.
This also works the other way around, you can start typing the name of a store to call its phone number.
In addition, the application will remind us who the most called numbers are and show them at the top of the list when searching.
5) The Hangouts app with messages and video messages will be the default SMS app .
The Hangouts app already supports SMS sending and leads Google to make its Android more "corporate".
6) Native support for printing
With Android 4.4, you can connect your smartphone or tablet to remote printers via the Google Print Cloud app already installed in order to print documents directly from the device.
Quickoffice Office app default and pre-installed.
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7) Support for infrared on S4 and HTC One, useful for using the mobile phone as a remote control for the TV.
8) Screen Recording .
9) Android 4.4 integrates Google Drive cloud storage into the operating system .
This means that you can save and open photos and files saved on the internet, without having to save them in the device memory.
This feature is already present in applications like QuickOffice and Google+ Photos.
10) Interactive screen lock
When listening to music, you will see the album cover in full screen on the lock screen.
To try, you can install the new apps on all Android smartphones with the new features of Android 4.4 KitKat .
