Google has announced that Google Play services will discontinue support for Android KitKat. The active device count for Android 4.4 has reportedly fallen to under 1%. Devices on KitKat will stop being ...

Happy birthday, Android 4.4! Your present is death. In a short and sweet blog from Google, we got the news that Android 4.4 Kitkat is officially dead. Google is going ...

Thank goodness — we can finally put to rest to all of the rumors and speculation. Google pulled the curtain on Android 4.4 KitKat Thursday, announcing the new mobile OS will appear first in the ...

While Apple has taught the world otherwise, customization is king in the software world, as users, especially those tech-savvy, like to personalize the experience with an app. Android Auto is no ...

Android KitKat has been around for many years. Notably, as Android Police reported, it first became available in 2013 when Google released it for select devices. For 10 years now, the search engine ...

I only just upgraded my old Nexus from 4.3 a few years ago, the last year that I had it. When Kit Kat came out it didn't have any new features that spoke to me (and seemed more intrusive), so I just ...

It’s been nearly a decade since Google released Android 4.4 KitKat, which brought memory improvements, initial support for identifying the source of phone calls from unknown numbers, the introduction ...

Google has announced that Android 4.4 KitKat will offer users a choice of SMS apps. The new operating system will allow users to select a default app for sending and receiving text messages, rather ...

Lots of shiny new features, and should be showing up on things soon-ish. Who's diving in when the upgrade option or factory image shows up? Of specific interest: - The "sensor batching" sounds a lot ...