What's New In Android 4.4.1

What’s new in Android 4.4.1

BY Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh is a 26-year old freelance writer from Kolkata, India. He loves to tinker around with his Android devices and flash custom ROMs on them....

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Published 6 Dec 2013

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The Android 4.4.1 update from Google contains a lot of other minor changes, apart from the huge jump in camera performance for the Nexus 5. There are a lot of small bug-fixes and minor UI tweaks that should please Nexus users.

Below is a quick list of all the changes that Google has included in Android 4.4.1 KitKat for all the Nexus devices -:

The Camera app on the Nexus 5 has sped up considerably post the update.
The low volume output from the Nexus 5 speaker in certain apps has also been fixed.
The haptic feedback has been tweaked on the Nexus 5.
There are some bug-fixes related to ART as well. This allows Whatsapp to work with the ART runtime.
The default email client in Nexus 5 not syncing with an exchange server bug has also been fixed.
Immersive mode breaking while adjusting the volume level bug has been fixed.
The new ‘Photos’ app is now the default Gallery app.
There is a slight improvement in benchmark performance on the Nexus 5.
The transparent status bar sometimes turning opaque issue on the Nexus 5 has also been fixed.
The navigation bar is now transparent on the lock screen in the Nexus 4.
The Settings icon in Quick tiles has also been changed.
The Miracast setting has been renamed to Cast settings.

And that’s about it. If you noticed any other changes or bug-fixes, drop in a comment and do let us know.