StickToTheScript
2013-11-01 11:44:40
Ladies and Gentlemen! 4.4 IS HERE!
There are a lot of updates and amazing things!!! A lot of behind the scenes stuff, but it is still awesome!!!
Here we go!
Making Android for everyone
Printing framework
Storage access framework
Low-power sensors
SMS provider
New ways to build beautiful apps
Full-screen Immersive mode
Transitions framework for animating scenes
Translucent system UI styling
Enhanced notification access
Chromium WebView
New media capabilities
Screen recording
Resolution switching through adaptive playback
Common Encryption for DASH
HTTP Live Streaming
Audio Tunneling to DSP
Audio monitoring
Loudness enhancer
Audio timestamps for improved AV sync
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracastâ„¢
RenderScript Compute
Ongoing performance improvements
GPU acceleration
RenderScript in the Android NDK
Graphics
GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger
New Hardware Composer support for virtual displays
New Types of Connectivity
New Bluetooth profiles
IR Blasters
Wi-Fi TDLS support
Accessibility
System-wide settings for closed captioning
Enhanced Accessibility APIs
Support for international Users
Drawable mirroring for RTL locales
RTL pseudo-locale
Security enhancements
SELinux (enforcing mode)
Improved cryptographic algorithms
Other enhancements
Tools for analyzing memory use
Procstats
On-device memory status and profiling
For more info, read here: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html
There are a lot of updates and amazing things!!! A lot of behind the scenes stuff, but it is still awesome!!!
Here we go!
Making Android for everyone
- Android 4.4 is designed to run fast, smooth, and responsively on a much broader range of devices than ever before — including on millions of entry-level devices around the world that have as little as 512MB RAM.
Printing framework
Storage access framework
Low-power sensors
- Sensor batching
- Step Detector and Step Counter
SMS provider
New ways to build beautiful apps
Full-screen Immersive mode
Transitions framework for animating scenes
Translucent system UI styling
Enhanced notification access
Chromium WebView
New media capabilities
Screen recording
Resolution switching through adaptive playback
Common Encryption for DASH
HTTP Live Streaming
Audio Tunneling to DSP
Audio monitoring
Loudness enhancer
Audio timestamps for improved AV sync
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracastâ„¢
RenderScript Compute
Ongoing performance improvements
GPU acceleration
RenderScript in the Android NDK
Graphics
GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger
New Hardware Composer support for virtual displays
New Types of Connectivity
New Bluetooth profiles
IR Blasters
Wi-Fi TDLS support
Accessibility
System-wide settings for closed captioning
Enhanced Accessibility APIs
Support for international Users
Drawable mirroring for RTL locales
RTL pseudo-locale
Security enhancements
SELinux (enforcing mode)
Improved cryptographic algorithms
Other enhancements
Tools for analyzing memory use
Procstats
On-device memory status and profiling
For more info, read here: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html