ANDROID 4.4 KITKAT: WHEN DOES MY SMARTPHONE WILL BE UPDATED?

There is a little less than three months, Google officially launched the latest major version of Android. While the Nexus devices released after 2011 have almost received their update to Android 4.4 KitKat in the process, the deployment of this new version of the OS on other smartphones and tablets on the market remains mostly at the mercy of manufacturers . And rightly so, because each performs the optimization work hardware and software to better suit each of its devices.

Although the update to Android 4.4 KitKat has been designed and optimized to be able to rotate from 512 MB ​​RAM, it nevertheless seems to relate to a device more or less upscale but most recent handle the builders unfortunately the bad habit of abandoning the software support of their smartphones too soon.

Summary of updates to Android 4.4 KitKat

Find below the
theoretical schedule updates Android KitKat leading manufacturer based on official and unofficial information.

Samsung

• Galaxy S4: January 2014
• Galaxy Note 3: January 2014
• Galaxy S3: March-April 2014
• Galaxy Note 2: March-April 2014

HTC

• HTC One: End of January 2014
• HTC One Low: 90 days
• HTC One Max: 90 days

LG

• LG G2: end of the first quarter of 2014

Sony

• Sony Xperia Z1: late January-early February 2014 (unofficial information)
• Sony Xperia Ultra late January-early February 2014 (unofficial information)
• Sony Xperia Z / ZL: N / A
• Sony Xperia Tablet Z: N / A
• Sony Xperia ZT, T, TX and V: under investigation

We note that the first serve is not necessarily the most high-end, however, it was foreseeable that the Moto G be updated before the other as a free version offers stock Android, any overlay.