1. User interface tweaks: Android 4.4 KitKat offers a translucent menu
bar located at the bottom of the
screen, and new transition effects
when you open the app launcher. The
OS offers full-screen wallpapers with
preview and the wallpapers now extend through the notification tray as
well, in addition to the navigation
buttons. The new OS brings a more immersive
experience by hiding the status bar
and navigation buttons when the user
is reading a book, or playing a game
or watching a movie. They can just
swipe the edge of the screen to bring back the status bar and navigation
buttons on KitKat. The lock-screen widgets for music and
movies apps now also offer the option
to seek and jump to a specific part. The
Quick Settings notifications menu
toggles also add a 'location settings'
toggle. A new Emoji keyboard for emoticons has also been included in
the native Google Keyboard. Android 4.4 KitKat will also show full-
screen album and movie art if content
is being streamed to another device
such as a Chromecast.
[B]2. New dialler, caller ID: The new phone app now automatically
prioritises the users' contacts based on
the people they talk to the most. Users
can also search for nearby places and
businesses, contacts, or people in their
Google Apps domain directly from the Phone app. If they get a call from a
phone number that is not saved in
their contacts, the phone will look for
matches from businesses with a local
listing on Google Maps.
3. Unified Hangouts messaging app: As we reported a few days back,
Android 4.4 brings a new unified
messaging app, with Hangouts getting
SMS and MMS integration, in addition to
offering instant messaging through
Google accounts (erstwhile Google Talk). Hangouts now also allows users
to share their location and send
animated GIFs.
4. Smarter Google Now integration : While the voice-activated always-on
search assistant was first seen in the
Moto X, Android 4.4 extends it to the
Nexus 5, allowing users to just say
"OK Google" when in the home screen
to launch the Google Now assistant and do a voice search, send a text, get
directions or even play a song. Google
Now can be launched by simply
swiping to the left instead of swiping
from the bottom, at least on the Nexus
5. It's not clear if the feature would reach
other Android 4.4 devices. Google also
says, that in the coming weeks, it's
enhancing Google Now with new card
types that bring information about
contextual topics that interest users such as updates from a favourite
website or blog.
5. Better support for cloud printing : Users will now be able to print photos,
documents, and web pages from their
phone or tablet through any printer
connected to Google Cloud Print, HP
ePrint printers, and via other printers
that have apps in the Google Play Store. Android 4.4 offers native
platform support for printing, and
includes APIs for managing printing
and adding new types of printer
support, according to Google. "Users
can discover available printers, change paper sizes, choose specific pages to
print, and print almost any kind of
document, image, or file," mentions
Google in the OS release notes.
6. Chrome WebView: Android apps that feature web content now use
Chrome to render web components
accurately and quickly. Chromium
WebView supports HTML5, CSS3, and
JavaScript. It supports most of the
HTML5 features available in Chrome for Android 30.
7. Step detector, counter: Android 4.4 brings platform support for two
new composite sensors, step detector
and step counter allowing users to
track steps when they're walking,
running, or climbing stairs, via apps
and hardware that offer the feature. The Nexus 5 offers the two sensors
and Google says it's working with its
chipset partners to bring them to new
devices as soon as possible.
8. Enhanced support for
connectivity options: Android 4.4 also brings support for the Message
Access Profile (MAP) enabling
Bluetooth-enabled cars to exchange
messages with Android devices. It also
supports Bluetooth HID over GATT
(HOGP) offering apps a low-latency link with low-power peripheral
devices such as mice, joysticks, and
keyboards. Android 4.4 also introduces platform
support for built-in IR blasters, and a
new API and system service for
developers to build apps that can
leverage them. This means the IR
Blaster, present in the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One will now be usable. Android 4.4 also supports Wi-Fi
Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS), a
way to stream media and other data
faster between devices already on the
same Wi-Fi network.
9. Better accessibility options: Android 4.4 offers system-wide
preferences for 'closed captioning'.
Apps that offer video can access the
user's captioning settings and adjust
the display of the captions as per the
user's preferences.
10. Screen recording: Android 4.4 offers support for screen recording,
and includes a screen recording utility
that lets users capture video as they
use the device and store it as an MP4
file. This also allows developers,
reviewers and end-users to create walkthroughs and tutorials for apps,
testing materials, and marketing
videos, among others.

Wow 1st 2 comme.......
Love number 2 en 10 4.4 rocks shah

Oh we await this oS

this thing go chop our mb sharp sharp

this thing go dey chop mb sharp sharp

nothing really wowing here..

for d screen recording, i already have screen grabber for tht... for the statusbar part,, i already use gravity box module....



ANDROID SHOULD MAKE STUFFS MORE INTRIGUING ...


they still rule sha...

After everything, Majority of them will have battery life below 1700mah.

Deejay harry. Are you still using the E3? Google just dey intimidate me here. Are you satisfied with the experience you're getting?

WackyJ1: Deejay harry. Are you still using the E3? Google just dey intimidate me here. Are you satisfied with the experience you're getting?

didnt use an e3 before tho

deejay_harry1: nothing really wowing here..

for d screen recording, i already have screen grabber for tht... for the statusbar part,, i already use gravity box module....



ANDROID SHOULD MAKE STUFFS MORE INTRIGUING ...


they still rule sha...

Erm..... Bros *scratches head* how screen GRABBER take dey RECORD abeg?

JeffreyJamez:

Erm..... Bros *scratches head* how screen GRABBER take dey RECORD abeg?

go get em first and report.

been giving out video tutorials with it ever since....

deejay_harry1: nothing really wowing here..

for d screen recording, i already have screen grabber for tht... for the statusbar part,, i already use gravity box module....



ANDROID SHOULD MAKE STUFFS MORE INTRIGUING ...


they still rule sha...

I am sure the kitkat wasn't created to stroke your ego.

Yeah, those features existed using third party apps but now they are incorporated into the android OS by Google. I hope you can see how awesome that is.

lordZOUGA:
I am sure the kitkat wasn't created to stroke your ego.

Yeah, those features existed using third party apps but now they are incorporated into the android OS by Google. I hope you can see how awesome that is.

im just saying , this is d part blackberry took before they failed..

google should think deep before releasing a new o.s....
im sure u understand im an android fan?? ..

but dis minimal changes , wouldnt be enough to WOW d consumers..