Android updates are a “never ending story”. Today there is news from LG and HTC: some versions of HTC One get the new version immediately, while owners of the G2 will get their update “before March”
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Due to the relatively complex situation – an operating system update needs of network operators, manufacturers, and Google itself to be approved – the situation is sometimes difficult to comprehend. Here is a small overview of the latest statements of the various manufacturers:
HTC One: several variants get the update immediately
HTC revealed shortly after the announcement of KitKat lot of activism: the company promised its customers to deliver the update as soon as possible and even mentioned dates.
on Twitter announces HTC USA now that the owner of a unlocked HTC One (or the Developer Edition) can get their update now: due to limited server capacity, it can of course take a few more hours until the update message actually appears on the screen.
When it comes to updates, all variants of the HTC One are not the same …
Even for traded as the basis of the Nexus 5 LG G2, there will be an update to Android 4.4. The claims the Canadian Department of the Korean company, allowed herself to nail down even on a date over the Canadian news site MobileSyrup.
Court Elliot, in his press spokesman, stressed that the operating system update in late March would be offered. The network operator partners get the software at the same time – when they update their branded devices, still written in the stars. Unfortunately, the Representant refused to make any statement about other updates. It is – after jetztigem state of affairs – ie assume that Optimus G and Co will not get any more updates
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The LG G2 to be updated in March 2014 on Android 4.4 -. claiming at least LG Canada
the author of these lines is as long-time followers of the mobile computer industry, the various announcements by the device manufacturer comparatively skeptical: between cooler selection and updating are often several months. In recent times, Google has indeed achieved some improvement here, the familiar Apple effectiveness is Android because of the many stakeholders (hardware and software come from different vendors) prinzpbedingt not feasible.
Despite the comparatively small version jump KitKat brings a variety of very useful features. In addition to the greatly reduced memory requirements of the operating system – less swapping leads to better performance – there in the future a print function which enables applications outputting content on any printer. More information can be found in our gleanings on the subject.
Do you think that the LG can keep his appointment?
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