Google Now will have the 'always-on' functionality of Moto X in Android 4.4. Another huge plus for or the N5 with the bigger battery.
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Actually the snapdragon 800 SoC has built in support for the 'always-on' voice functionality when the device is idle without the need of ramping up the cpu cores. Yes Motorola will lose its niche in some ways however don't expect Motorola to just sit by and do nothing about it. From what people have said in the developer builds for 4.3, they are expanding the touchless control functionality. Plus since the touchless controls is a dedicated app it will contain more functionality than a simple google now search so there will remain some advantages to the X.
Agreed. Was just throwing out what I read. The N5 will have a notification light I'm sure. I missed the light with my moto x but got used to the active notifications pretty fast. StillYou are still forgetting about Active display / Notifications. That is something I can almost guarantee won't be included in 4.4. First off the moto x has two addition cores for natural language processing and voice recognition & contextual computing and gesture recognition.
Also if a non amoled device were to attempt this , the battery would drain significantly faster.
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other than the perfect size/screen/battery/features on the moto X, motorola has the best radio's out there, for me its the number one thing for a PHONE
Google Now will have the 'always-on' functionality of Moto X in Android 4.4. Another huge plus for or the N5 with the bigger battery.
Posted via Android Central App
Could you link me to that announcement?
Seriously? Google " Google Now will have the 'always-on' functionality of Moto X in Android 4.4", click on the link, then read.....
Let's make sure we're all on the same page here. The S800 requires no 'additional cores' for this type of low-power standby processing (contextually-aware applications included). The SoC includes the Hexagon DSP, which is intended specifically for these purposes. I do believe LG is working on taking advantage of this, so it's not as far of a stretch as some may believe. Whether or not LG and Google have the intention of incorporating this into the upcoming Nexus phone is anyone's guess. I won't be all too surprised either way.
That said, incorporating hardware-dependent software features into AOSP Android isn't an insignificant task or decision, and such additions to the platform must be well-executed. It has happened before, as seen with Android Beam and NFC, and to some extent the addition of WiFi Direct support.