HTC is going all-in with photography, pushing out its new “Eye Experience” suite of photo-focused apps to its One M8 developer edition. It leads a rather slow week in the world of Android updates, with most of the news instead focused on the official release of Android llipop.
Each week we gather up all the major software updates for the biggest devices; phones tablets on U.S. carriers ( unlocked phones, of course), wearables, round them all up so you don’t miss a thing.
Making sure your device installs the latest software is a good housekeeping practice, ensuring you have the latest features, close security holes, get those pesky bugs squashed.
Unlocked devices
HTC One M8 Developer edition: You can have that fancy new Eye Experience photo software if you have the developer edition of the HTC One M8. HTC’s Mo Versi took to Twitter as he often does for device updates.
The #HTCOneM8 EYE update is now pushing for the Dev ition (3.28.1540.5) @moversi pic.twitter.com/hikusyQN
— leoside (@leoside) October 15, 2014
ok for update 3.28.1540.5 to get Auto Selfie, Face Tracking, Split Capture, ve Makeup, Face Fusion. It also updates the phone to Kit Kat 4.4.4.
Verizon
Droid Maxx, Mini, Ultra: Motorola’s Droid line is getting a boost in call quality with update 23.1.12. It brings compliance with Verizon’s Advanced Calling 1.0, which allows for voice conversations over E. This is supposed to improve audio quality during phone conversations over Big Red’s network. The update to these Droid phones also brings an improvement to the devices’ messaging apps visual voicemail. The usual bug security fixes are also thrown in to the mix.
AT&T
Galaxy Note 8.0: This tablet is finally getting Kit Kat 4.4.2 after being stuck on lly Bean since its launch in 2013. Update O54K.I467UCANI2 is the one to look for. ile it doesn’t go all the way to Android Kit Kat 4.4.4, Samsung says it has all the security reliability updates thrown in by .
It also adds the Beats music app improves performance with multi-user mode, which allows you to create separate sign-in profiles on the tablet, making it easier to share it around a family.
Situations like this is what has given Samsung a less-than-stellar reputation with Android updates. Hopefully the Galaxy Note 8.0 won’t have to wait until fall 2015 for llipop.
T-Mobile
Galaxy Note 4: Samsung’s latest phablet, which we think is their best phone ever, got a small device update on the day it launched on the magenta network. It’s just a few minor performance fixes, but it’s supposed to improve battery life, so be sure to snag it if you get Samsung’s hot new phone on T-Mobile.