5 advantages of Android Kitkat - Computer Total

BACKGROUND – With the release of the new Google Nexus 5 also brings a new Android version. 5 reasons to install the software directly or switching to Android.

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1. Faster call

You might not expect one of the biggest changes in the Android belapplicatie, but it is so. Google has made almost impossible by the belinterface so as to ensure that you only have to type in who you want to call the first characters – whether it’s a friend’s or a company – and Google can immediately connected

This functionality was previously available in simplified form in Samsung’s TouchWiz UI and shows that Google is actively started cheating of features that add others to their Android implementation. That is a good development, because this does not draw its own plan, but really cares what customers want. The information about the caller (caller ID) has been updated and allows getting about unknown callers to see location information. This can be especially useful to know if you are being harassed by the same again, with a hidden number calling, telemarketing agency.

2. A state-of-the-art interface

look-and-feel a (mobile) operating system is always a matter of taste, but also owners of an iPhone or Windows Phone will have to admit that a large KitKat step in the right direction. It is pleasant to note that ‘stock’ Android not have to be boring and simple.

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KitKat has a new ‘immersive’ feature for the UI, which are applications like Google Play Music and Google Books shown in full screen. Also, the new navigation now translucent, so your background is not degraded by a colored menu bar. KitKat also has new fonts.

Unfortunately, there are manufacturers who remain their own Android skin start laying. KitKat on back You therefore remains tied to how the manufacturer wants the interface of your phone looks. At present, still unknown to what extent HTC’s Sense and Samsung’s TouchWiz interface will go into the improvements that Google has made.

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3. Android continues to think small

Unfortunately for Google, not all newer Android phones equipped with a quad-core Snapdragon processor and 2GB RAM. Google continues to think small by with lesser specifications will also benefit from the latest Android features without having to rely on speed.

heavy concessions phones

last months working hard to Svelte Project: an initiative to KitKat also quick to operate on smartphones with a single-core processor and 512MB RAM. KitKat used by Google 16 percent less memory than its predecessor Jellybean and there are more options to come off. Heavy functionality In that respect, Google deserves kudos and seems to choose a better approach than iOS – users annoy late by older devices to update to a new OS much slower – and Windows Phone – for example, for relatively new Lumia devices with 7.8 decided that no update would come.

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Yet it is not all peace and harmony, because not all older devices may be about to KitKat. Thus, the eighteen year old Galaxy Nexus not easy, but Google promises to have better performance for the aging Nexus Nexus 7 and 4.

4. Always a digital wallet in your pocket

As known the iPhone has no NFC chip and can be included only in terms of receipts and coupons tickets through the app passbook. Windows Phone 8 has an NFC betaalapp in the form of Wallet, but KitKat is now going one step further activate without requiring the consent of a service provider is required. Google Wallet standard Android now stores payment information directly in KitKat, so necessary to the security features of the NFC chip.

no longer familiar

It is now not only possible to give credit card information in the Settings and anywhere where NFC and Google Wallet support free pay, also sets the new functionality you in the future be able to transfer money directly to friends with an Android device, without paying a transaction. compensation

app Google Wallet is not yet available for Dutch users, making the digital wallet in Android KitKat future music at the moment.

5. Now Google also takes away from Siri

KitKat puts an end to the different ways to activate by adding to the home screen. Google Now service If you swipe from left to right on the screen, you open the convenient service.

Now Google can also be started by simply speaking when the phone is activated on the home screen, so you can control completely hands Now the words. “OK Google” from Unfortunately, this functionality – copied from Touchless Controls on the Moto X – provisionally reserved for the Nexus 5, but the chances are that any new Android smartphone will support

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Now Google can now access apps that can be. coupled with search results Suppose you are looking for a restuarant, you can now with the Google search results Now make a reservation directly with an app like OpenTable.

Source:. Computerworld

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