Which handsets are in line to get updated to KitKat 4.4? Is yours among them?
Many devices belonging to Samsung are said to be stopping with Jelly Bean 4.2.2 when they get updated to it. The Samsung Galaxy Note 1 and Samsung Galaxy S2 are two of them. Google have now launched KitKat 4.4 and this should be coming out any time soon. When it arrives it will have an updated kernel and this will support handsets that have low memory. So will your device be getting a touch of KitKat 4.4 when it is rolled out?
SamMobile listed some phones that they said will be getting an update to Jelly Bean 4.2.2 and some who were said to be going up as far as Android 5. The insider said that Jelly Bean 4.2.2 would be the last update for the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Note.
Both of these handsets have now been updated to 4.1.2, they arrived out of the box with ICS and Android 2.3. Samsung had said that five of their handsets would get Key Lime Pie; this was when everyone thought that this would be the next OS to come from Google.
Google revealed the next OS as Android KitKat 4.4 though and not KLP, which was said to be the internal reference to KitKat. Android Central also talked about the Linux kernel 3.8 being updated and they said that it would offer great things. They said that it would come with full support on NVIDIA Tegra and the Samsung Exynos DRM drivers, flash friendly file system support and it would have lower memory footprint, something which is vital to support more handsets.
So here is the list of Samsung Galaxy devices that were said to be getting an update to KitKat 4.4.
1. Galaxy Grand and Grand DUOS
2. Galaxy Ace II
3. Galaxy S III mini
4. Galaxy Beam
5. Galaxy Express
6. Galaxy S Advance
7. Galaxy S II and S II Plus
8. Galaxy Premier
9. Galaxy Note I
10. Galaxy Young and Young DUOS
11. Galaxy Fame
12. Galaxy X Cover 2
13. Selected Galaxy Tabs
Some Galaxy devices are meant to get Android 4.4 KitKat straight away:
1. Galaxy Note III
2. Galaxy S IV and other variants
3. Galaxy Note 8.0 and other variants
4. Upcoming Galaxy Note 10.1 and 12.2
5. Galaxy S IV mini
Android 4.4 KitKat Features on Samsung Galaxy devices:
– Better processor support on Exynos chipset
– Wider network coverage and better compatibility
– Enhances screen orientation responsiveness
– Additional cloud storage with Android’s exclusive Cloud system
– More Samsung accessories compatible
– Speeds up the RAM and overall performance
– More battery juice on your device
