{"id":39753,"date":"2013-11-19T20:08:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T20:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=39753"},"modified":"2013-11-19T21:11:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T21:11:44","slug":"verizon-moto-x-updated-android-4-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/verizon-moto-x-updated-android-4-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Moto X Updated to Android 4.4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Google\/Motorola partnership is working out for those who purchased the Moto X smartphone.\u00a0Just three weeks after Google announced it&#8217;s newest update to Android, Android 4.4 KitKat, the Verizon Moto X has begun to receive the update.<\/p>\n<p>So far, only the Nexus 5 and four other Nexus devices have received the Android 4.4 KitKat update. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Moto-X.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39754\" alt=\"Moto X\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Moto-X.png?resize=428%2C370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Moto-X.png 428w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Moto-X-150x129.png 150w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Moto-X-300x259.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Motorola also released an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com\/app\/answers\/prod_answer_detail\/a_id\/97143\/action\/auth\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com\/app\/answers\/prod_answer_detail\/a_id\/97143\/action\/auth', 'official changelog']);\" >official changelog<\/a>\u00a0with the update:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Android 4.4, KitKat:\u00a0<\/strong>Android 4.4, KitKat, is the latest release of the Android platform. KitKat includes enhancements such as restyled status and navigation bars, a new full-screen mode, color emoji support, improved closed captioning support, stronger security, smarter power use, and more tools and capabilities for better app development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phone dialer:\u00a0<\/strong>Improved the phone app with the ability to look up contacts directly from the dial pad, see and tap frequent contacts, and search your corporate directory easily.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camera &#8211; Focus and exposure:\u00a0<\/strong>Enhanced the &#8220;touch to focus&#8221; option with a new circular, on screen control that can be dragged by your finger around the viewfinder to adjust a photo&#8217;s focus and exposure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gallery &#8211; Photo editing:\u00a0<\/strong>Added new photo editing options to the Gallery app including new filter effects, draw on your photos, advanced cropping, and adjustments to color, exposure, contrast and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hangouts -SMS\/MMS support:\u00a0<\/strong>Incorporated a new version of Google Hangouts that supports integrated SMS\/MMS messaging. Hangouts can be set as the default SMS app under Settings &gt; Wireless &gt; Default SMS app.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Touchless Control &#8211; &#8220;Find my phone&#8221;:<\/strong>\u00a0Added a new &#8220;Find my phone&#8221; command to Touchless Control. Just say &#8220;OK, Google Now-find my phone&#8221; and your Moto X will ring loudly to let you know where it&#8217;s hiding when you&#8217;ve misplaced it nearby.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NFC &#8211; Host card emulation:\u00a0<\/strong>Enhanced support for NFC Host Card Emulation (HCE), to improve experiences such as contactless payments, loyalty plans, transit passes, card access and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessory support:\u00a0<\/strong>Added support for Square credit card reader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/motorola-blog.blogspot.in\/2013\/11\/some-sweet-news-kitkat-comes-to-moto-x_19.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/motorola-blog.blogspot.in\/2013\/11\/some-sweet-news-kitkat-comes-to-moto-x_19.html', 'Motorola']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Motorola<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Google\/Motorola partnership is working out for those who purchased the Moto X smartphone.\u00a0Just three weeks after Google announced it&#8217;s newest update to Android, Android 4.4 KitKat, the Verizon Moto X has begun to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2053,"featured_media":39754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6704],"tags":[7250,224,1131,6785,2787,1520,2608],"class_list":["post-39753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-2","tag-android-4-4-kitkat","tag-google","tag-mobile","tag-moto-x","tag-motorola","tag-update","tag-verizon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}