New Android 4.4 KitKat, A Review of Features

Google has unwrapped the latest version of android operating system for smartphones and tablets called Android 4.4 KitKat a couple of days back. Google has always opted the names of famous confectionary as the naming convention of their Android series. It was started by giving the name “Cupcake” for Android 1.5, “Donut” for Android 1.6, “Éclair” for Android 2.0, “Froyo” (frozen yoghurt) for Android 2.2, “Gingerbread” for Android 2.3, “Honeycomb” for Android 3.0, “Ice Cream Sandwich” for Android 4.0 version, "JellyBean" for Android 4.1 and now it is the turn of Nestle’s popular candy bar “KitKat” for the latest version of Android 4.4. With the KitKat version Google has improved its performance from its previous variants, added new features and functions and associated new software and apps to go in line with the expectations of the new generation of users who are the well targeted customers

Google Now: It is Google’s intelligent virtual assistant and helps users for smart search. Google has fixed an integrated voice search in Android KitKat which can understand the voice commands and gives instant responses. One can also activate the phone without touching it by just sying “OK Google”. It supports voice search, send a text, get driving directions or play songs with this voice command feature.

Full Screen Album Art: The Album Art fearure will display in a full screen format on the lock screen while playing a song or streaming the Chromecast.

Immersive Mode: Users can experience a full screen effect while reading a ebook or browsing the internet or watching a movie or playing a game. The notification bar at top and the menu bar at the bottom will disappear when the app is put into a full screen mode. Swiping on the edges will brings back the status bar and menu bar on the screen.

Google-LG Nexus 5 Smartphone Launched with Android 4.4 KitKat

Finally Google uncovered its much awaited Nexus 5 smartphone with the latest Android 4.4 KitKat across the global markets. Google developed this Nexus 5 version with the association of LG. Google-LG Nexus 5 is the first device which uses Android KitKat version. This new device comes with two memory options. Nexus 5 with 16GB memory costs Rs. 28,999 whereas the other variant with 32GB memory costs Rs. 32,999. Currently Google Nexus 5 is available in countries like US, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Korea only but expected that it will be launched in Indian market very soon.

Nexus 5 features 5 inch wide full HD Corning Gorilla Glass display which provides 1920X1080 picture resolution and a picture density of 445ppi. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 2.3GHz quad core processor and also comes with a Adreno 330GPU. The Google-LG Nexus 5 has a 2GB RAM internal memory and comes in two memory options 16GB/32GB.