What's new in Android 4.4.1

[Amjad Farah]

Power widget shows a different icon for location setting when turned off (battery saving mode)

 

[Adranalyne]

What's new? The camera doesn't suck anymore.

 

[Prop_r]

Battery standby is pretty amazing now. Drastically better.

Posted via Android Central App

 

[mzanette]

Battery standby is pretty amazing now. Drastically better.

Posted via Android Central App

I noticed that as well. Looking at the battery stats you see an almost perfectly horizontally flat line.

 

[Nagalla Vasishta]

I am using Nexus 5 and running on ART and not Dalvik. Will I get the 4.4.1 update as usual ? This has been my big concern now .....

 

[Adranalyne]

I am using Nexus 5 and running on ART and not Dalvik. Will I get the 4.4.1 update as usual ? This has been my big concern now .....

Yes, you will. Nothing to worry about aside from it taking a bit longer after the update/reboot during the "Android is upgrading".

 

[Klubhead]

side-loading this update will not wipe any info, correct?

 

[Schwack]

I noticed my GPS icon, in Beautiful Widgets, has 2 settings - fully lit and halfway lit.

 

[vamsikatta]

Nope. you won't lose any.

 

[gvndeb60]

i hope there's a fix for the built-in phone mic bug. callers sometimes can't hear me at all or i sound garbled. i think this is a bug in the noise cancelling software. known issue. hopefully fixed with this ! i use Apple EarPods 99% for calls of the time though with no problems.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-5/332164-nexus-5-microphone-issue.html

Take this for what it is worth, but my friend called Google about this and they identified it as a hardware problem. They then did a RMA for him.....just FYI.

 

[gvndeb60]

side-loading this update will not wipe any info, correct?

It should not, easy to follow instructions are in the article on AC homepage. It worked fine for me; the link they provided is for the update, not the entire OS.

 

[jddunkley]

Have they fixed the issues where you battery drains due to "Android OS"??? My Nexus 7 drains all day long, only lasts two days max, even when I don't use it. When I first got it, before the 4.3 update came out, battery life was unbelievable... Now it's not great at all.

Nexus 5 seems to be similar. Only been unplugged 20 minutes and it's down to 96%... Only sent 2 text messages... The battery life is not very improved for what they said would be improved in 4.4...

 

[Jayhall2502]

Bluetooth volume being too loud issue is fixed! Now I can use my LG Tone 730 headset without blowing out my ear drums.

For me this is the best part of the update. Camera does work much smoother now and it also fixes the "Sharing glitch" as well!

 

[toilet-handle]

Have they fixed the issues where you battery drains due to "Android OS"??? My Nexus 7 drains all day long, only lasts two days max, even when I don't use it. When I first got it, before the 4.3 update came out, battery life was unbelievable... Now it's not great at all.

Nexus 5 seems to be similar. Only been unplugged 20 minutes and it's down to 96%... Only sent 2 text messages... The battery life is not very improved for what they said would be improved in 4.4...

Really mine went 3 hours before it got 96 I listened to some music on my way to work and sent a text or two

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

[AndroidDario]

Sounds like everything is OK now...

Sent from my Vodafone 875 using AC Forums mobile app

 

[jmiesse134]

Can anyone confirm the Radios were updated?

 

[mzanette]

Can anyone confirm the Radios were updated?

They were updated.

 

[EboMike]

The notification and navigation bars are now transparent by default on the Nexus 4 too.

Only during the lock screen, then they seem to fade to an opaque black background again.

 

[Walkop]

Another very noticeable change: the Hangouts Message notification has a strong reverb. The echo sounds very nice! I like it a lot.

 

[cdd543]

My exchange seems to be working as expected now--goodbye touchdown! Camera looks much improved and hopefully if the battery is better then I'll be pumped.