Android 4.4 KitKat

After Apple announced iPhone 5S launch date, the Google announced something bigger by confirming Android 4.4 KitKat for arrival in the nearby future.This update will replace the current version of Android which is  4.3 Jelly Bean.However, in the buildup to its release, it’s time for making some bold predictions about Google’s new Android 4.4 KitKat update.In the late July, after skipping an announcement at Google I/O, the Google announced Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, its latest version of Jelly Bean that rolled out in market with Nexus devices and also with HTC One, the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note 2.

Rumors for the months suggested that the next version of Android, would be Google’s ‘K’ update, also known as Key Lime Pie or Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. It’s a name that had been around for awhile and that’s why Google made it so surprising by announcing something completely different just a few short days ago.

Several weeks ago, Samsung sent out invites for a September 4th event. Google announced something big of its own, Android 4.4 KitKat.
Instead of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, Google went in a totally different direction and partnered up with Nestle, the maker of KitKat, to deliver a bizarre name for its next update.
The company hasn’t said much about Android 4.4 KitKat, other than confirming it for release.
Here, we make some early, bold Android 4.4 KitKat predictions including some guesses about its release date and its features.

Release Date :

In the past, we have seen  the Google release new Android updates with the brand new pieces of Nexus hardware Android 4.1 was released with the Nexus 7, Android 4.2 was released with the Nexus 4 and Android 4.3 was released with the Nexus 7 2.

In the past two years, Google also has released the Nexus smartphone in the fourth quarter. The Galaxy Nexus was released in December while the Nexus 4 released in November after an October launch. Unsurprisingly, Nexus 5 rumors are their for a launch in October with Android 4.4 KitKat on board. Android 4.4 KitKat, the Nexus 5 or Nexus 5′s, and a new Nexus 10 tablet that could be made by Asus. Google typically rolls out its Android updates for older Nexus devices either immediately after announcing the software or near the release date of its new Nexus products. With that in mind, we imagine that Android 4.4 KitKat will be released somewhere in between late October and mid November for owners of older Nexus devices.

Android 4.4 KitKat Updates

Nexus devices always get the software first which means the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 will all likely get Android 4.4 KitKat. Here’s a bold prediction, Their is also a possibility that the Galaxy Nexus will get Android 4.4 though we think it may be its last update.It will take several months for Android 4.4 KitKat updates to start hitting devices, given how close we are to Android 4.3 for some devices. We think that Android 4.4 KitKat will likely start rolling out for devices in the second quarter of next year with flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S5 coming with it pre-loaded out of the box.As far as the first non-Nexus smartphone to get Android 4.4 KitKat, that will likely be the Samsung Galaxy S4 as Samsung typically does a great job of updating its big name devices to major Android updates.