Android 4.4.3 coming to Galaxy S4, HTC One M8, and Moto G (rumor)

Sterling Keys 2014-04-17T05:00:01Z2 days ago

Sterling Keys

After finishing his Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Alberta, Sterling made the move to Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Within a stone's throw of mountains, ocean, and complete wilderness, he mountain bikes and skis during the day and is hopelessly connected to his phone and computer at all other times. His writing "career" started as he penned about his escapades while skiing and has slowly progressed to freelance marketing and promotion throughout British Columbia. Interested in anything tech and gadget related, he has thoroughly enjoyed his transition of writing for AndroidPIT.

The Nexus 5 doesn’t look like it will be the only device that will be getting Android 4.4.3 in the coming weeks, as speculation has arisen in regards to more devices, including the Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One M8, and Moto G, slated to get the latest update in April. 

The Nexus 5 will start seeing Android 4.4.3, but it might not be the only device getting it in April. / © AndroidPIT

According to reports, we could see devices such as the Galaxy S4, Moto G, Sony Xperia Z, HTC One Google Edition, and HTC One M8 receiving the incremental update to Android 4.4.3 by the end of April. Android 4.4.3 is expected to fix several bugs that have affected smartphones since the initial KitKat rollout. Random restarts, camera issues, DSP errors, security issues, and Bluetooth issues are among some of the bugs that Android 4.4.3 is scheduled to fix.  

Amid the speculations of this update being rolled out to non-Nexus devices, it is also being reported that we’ll be hearing about a new version of the operating system, Android 4.5 Lollipop, at the Google I/O Conference in June. This further rumor brings into question the actual relevance and effort of rolling out the incremental update to Android 4.4.3 if another version is scheduled just to be released around corner.

Any news in regards to a new Android version is expected to be released during the annual Google I/O Developer Conference on June 25th and 26th of this year. While not much is known what exactly will be incorporated in this latest release, we could very well be seeing a complete overhaul of the Google icons for Android.

Source: IB Times

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Moto X successor to have more customizable options (Rumor)

Anthony Muzonzini 2014-04-14T22:25:32Z6 hours ago

Anthony Muzonzini

Currently living out in the East Coast. When not on the AndroidPIT grind you can usually find me turning up or play footie.

Speculation has been rife that Motorola is working on the successor to the Moto X with the Moto X+1. We remain in the dark about the actual specs of the device right now but one of the customizable options of the phone may be a leather finish and a wooden finish. The wooden finish was one of the options available to those who ordered the Moto X Phone from last year. 

 

The wood options from the first iteration of the Moto X / © Motorola/AndroidPIT

According to a post by @evleaks on twitter, there could be more color finishing coming to the device this year though. The phone itself still remains a bit of a mystery so we are hoping to hear something official from Motorola pretty soon. Evleaks said that the custom colours are going to be split into different categories with them being cool, neutral , warm, leather and wood. The color options that will be available under cool include navy, turquoise, olive, royal blue and dark teal. Options available under neutral will be slate, purple, smoke, black and chalk. Warm will have colors like red, orange, lemon, violet, crimson, raspberry and cabernet.

Under the wood option, the colors will be teak, bamboo, rosewood and ebony and under the leather lineup, the colors will be black, red, grey and blue. Just like the Moto X, the Moto X+1 will be highly customizable and will also include Moto Maker.

It is not yet clear how the phone will be launched exactly since Google sold off Motorola Mobility to Lenovo but this definitely should be a phone to look out for since the Moto X was well received by critics.

What do you think of the customizable Moto X phone? Please leave your comments below and we will get back to you soon.

Source: Ubergizmo

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