Some good news for customers of Samsung flagships, the details are finally out, the first Samsung devices to get Android 4.4 KitKat are the flagships – Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II.
HTC, Sony and Motorola had already announced their rollout plan for Android 4.4 update to its flagship devices and now Samsung has decided to join the gang as well.
According to leaked information which shows Samsung’s release schedule for Kitkat, we can safely state that Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 handsets will get updates in January. A lot more devices are likely to get an update but there is no official confirmation from Samsung yet, so we can’t comment further. The leak also states that Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III will be getting KitKat in March or April 2014- around the same as their Galaxy 5 launch.
Leaks about updates are never really up to the mark so we can’t count on it. Until the OTA update starts flowing in we wouldn’t advise you to rely on leaks as a lot also depends on carrier specific versions which generally delay the release.
When Android 4.4 Kitkat arrives with full force we expect Samsung to fully integrate TouchWiz UI to latest Android 4.4 which would benefit Galaxy owner’s greatly in terms of a smoother and stable UI, faster performance, improved RAM management and better multitasking than before.
Recently we saw Samsung update Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to Galaxy Note 2 and S3 which got into an issue due to operational bugs. Samsung has since pulled the 4.3 update and kept it on hold till the issues are sorted out.
We also expect smartphones with low end hardware to get Android 4.4 support, as KitKat is built to make it accessible to as many users as possible.
Samsung is likely to make an official announcement for Android 4.4 Kitkat update by December, till then Galaxy owners will have to be content with the timelines provided through leaks.
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