Will your old phone get Android 4.4 KitKat update?

Kitkat 4.4 Android

Android 4.4 (also now renowned as KitKat, in holding with the software's custom of dessert-themed nicknames), is anticipated this month. On its website, android.com/kitkat, Google states, "It's our aim with Android KitKat to make an astonishing Android know-how accessible for everybody."

Still, ascertain with your phone's constructor for broadcasts about your specific model. Even if your telephone is on the list for an authorized revise from the constructor, it often takes longer for the programs to become available after Google releases an update.

Many hardware makers have customized Android to work better on their own apparatus and have added their own features to it — like made-to-order interfaces or special apps — so putting out a new version of the scheme often needs some extra time.

And most do not bother to update programs for forms more than a couple of years vintage, partly because of outdated hardware and partially because of the desire to deal you a new phone.

(Owners of Google's recent Nexus telephones normally get the update quickly, as Google places out its own directly forward type of Android.) Some persons have gone the unofficial path and changed their apparatus outside of the manufacturer's official guidelines.