Google stops using dessert-themed names for Android for better worldwide accessibility, names Android Q Android 10, and refreshes Android brand logo and color
[German]The upcoming Android … Stephanie Mlot / Geek.com : Android Q is Android 10 In Brand Update Teuta Franjkovic / Coinspeaker : Google Goes On a Diet - No More Sweets, Just Numbers JR Raphael / Co...
Google launches Android Pay in Hong Kong, says it is available at over 5K locations to users with devices equipped with NFC and KitKat 4.4 or higher
Google launches ‘simple and secure’ mobile payment system, seeking to close ground with WeChat Wallet and Apple Pay which launched in Hong Kong earlier this year
Xiaomi Mi 4i review: great build quality and performance for $200, but KitKat-based MIUI skin feels dated, lacks many Lollipop features
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica :
Google announces Android Pay, will allow users to pay in over 1000 apps and at 700K US stores
and not much else USA Today : Google I/O is latest round in escalating high-tech arms race Alex Wood / The Memo : Google wants to dominate every part of our lives Andrew Martonik / Android Central : G...
Amazon's ever-cheaper Fire Phone gets a belated KitKat update
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica :
Amazon's ever-cheaper Fire Phone gets a belated KitKat update
A significant change for the few who took a chance on Amazon's first phone. — It's been a while since we last checked in with the Fire Phone, Amazon's attempt to break into the high-end smartphone m...
KitKat is now on almost 40% of Android devices - but Lollipop is still stuck under 0.1%
Andy Weir / Neowin :
The state of Android updates: Who's fast, who's slow, and why
Android 4.4, KitKat was released on October 31, 2013, or at least, that's what you can say about one device: the Nexus 5. For the rest of the ecosystem, the date you got KitKat—if you got KitKat—vari...
Microsoft launches Outlook Web App pre-release for Android, requires KitKat and Office 365 business
Microsoft today launched a pre-release of its Outlook Web App (OWA) for Google's Android operating system. You can download the beta now from Google Play, if you meet the requirements.
Samsung devices with Kitkat update no longer showing dubiously high benchmark scores
Samsung's KitKat update seems to remove benchmark-boosting “shenanigans” — Samsung's Android 4.4.2 update appears to correct the boosting behavior we encountered in 4.3.