Android 4.4 KitKat Rolling Out To Moto G In The U.K.

Android 4.4 KitKat rolling out to Moto G in the U.K.

BY Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh Pandey

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Published 7 Jan 2014

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Late last month, Motorola surprised Moto G owners in the USA by rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for their devices ahead of schedule. Now, its time for the Moto G owners in the United Kingdom to enjoy some KitKat goodness on their device.

The Android 4.4.2 update for the Moto G includes all the KitKat goodies including immersive mode, system-wide emoji support, restyled navigation and status bar and more.

The full change-log of the update is below -:

Android™ 4.4, KitKat®	Android 4.4.2, KitKat, is the latest release of the Android platform. KitKat includes enhancements such as restyled status and navigation bars, a new full-screen mode, colour emoji support, improved closed captioning support, stronger security, smarter power use and more tools and capabilities for better app development.
Phone dialer	Improved the phone app with the ability to look up contacts directly from the dial pad, see and tap frequent contacts and search your corporate directory easily.
Gallery – Photo editing	Added new photo editing options to the Gallery app including new filter effects, draw on your photos, advanced cropping and adjustments to colour, exposure, contrast and more.
Printing documents and pictures	Added support for printing photos, Google Docs, Gmail messages and other content via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and hosted services such as Google Cloud Print and HP ePrinters.
Hangouts – SMS/MMS support	Incorporated a new version of Google Hangouts that supports integrated SMS/MMS messaging. Hangouts can be set as the default SMS app under Settings > Wireless > Default SMS app.
Accessory support	Added support for Square credit card reader.

The OTA update should land on your phone sometime soon. If you cannot wait, you can manually pull the update as well by going into Settings -> About Phone -> System Updates.

The phone should prompt you that a new OTA update is available. Tap ‘Download’ followed by ‘Install’ after the download has completed to install the KitKat update on your Moto G.