Now that 4.4 Android KitKat It is almost like family, it is time to know which brands and when they will begin to update their main models with the latest version of the mobile operating system of Google. It is surprising that it was HTC one of the first to announce that will bring Android 4.4 KitKat to the HTC One in about 90 days, when it turns out that version 4.3 began to reach European terminals ago little more than a week, yes, accompanied by HTC Sense 5.5.
Once again, the person in charge of making the announcement has been the president of HTC America, Jason McKenzie, who has confirmed the intention of the Taiwanese firm to carry out updating the HTC One to Android 4.4 KitKat progressively. It is therefore understood that the words of the executive of HTC refer to US devices - which received the upgrade to earlier Android 4.3 running out HTC Sense 5.5 -, so taking into account the deadlines of previous occasions, the devices of the old continent will have to wait a little longer.
The deadlines for the arrival of Android 4.4 KitKat to the HTC One
McKenzie has detailed that the landing of AAndroid 4.4 KitKat will be first in the HTC OneGoogle Edition, which will begin to update within 15 days. After them it will be the turn of the HTC One Developer Edition and other unlocked versions, whose wait will last until the 30 days. The rest of the HTC One, including the variants customized by the different operators, will receive the latest version of the operating system from Google in those already mentioned 90 days.
We are obliged to remind you again that these deadlines confirmed by the president of HTC America refer to US and Canadian devices. Even so, we have thought it interesting to provide you with this information because could serve as a reference when it comes to getting an idea of the time to wait in Europe, taking into account the experience of previous updates. With everything and that, there is still no official confirmation of any of the deadlines referring to other international markets.
Going back to the upgrade details, the Taoyuan-based company is willing to maintain its HTC Sense and bring version 5.5 to all devices that update to 4.4 Android KitKat - except for HTC OneGoogle Edition, of course -. On the other hand, they have ensured that they are working on a similar deployment plan for the HTC One Max y htc one mini, although it is still too early to give more details about it. Finally, McKenzie reiterated once again the commitment of HTC to get the new updates as soon as possible to their devices “giving priority to being ready for the HTC One in the next 90 days ”.
The Galaxy Nexus runs out of Android 4.4 KitKat
One of the main novelties of 4.4 Android KitKat is its support for devices equipped with 'low' RAM memory. In fact, in theory 512 megabytes would be enough to be able to have the latest version of the US giant's operating system. Perhaps for that reason the decision of Google de do not update to the chocolate version of Android to the Galaxy Nexus, which will stay in 4.3 Android Jelly Bean.
As confirmed by the Mountain View-based company, the third generation of its smartphones Nexus - manufactured by Samsung - “it was launched two years ago” so “it is outside the 18-month update window usually taken into account by Google when updating their devices ”.
In this way, the owners of the Galaxy Nexus receive a hard blow in their expectations of having 4.4 Android KitKat on your devices. Despite this, and even when they will not be able to enjoy the official update, they can always count on the custom ROMs that the community develops Android And that, surely, they will open the doors of their smartphone when the chocolate version of Andy arrives.
