Motorola has announced that the Android 4.4 KitKit rollout has begun today for all Moto X owners on Verizon Wireless, which makes it the first carrier to roll out the update for its Moto X version. The update features the following enhancements, taken from the official release notes:
| Android™ 4.4, KitKat® | 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. |
| Phone dialer | 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. |
| Camera – Focus and exposure | Enhanced the “touch to focus” option with a new circular, on screen control that can be dragged by your finger around the viewfinder to adjust a photo’s focus and exposure. |
| Gallery – Photo editing | 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. |
| Hangouts -SMS/MMS support | Incorporated a new version of Google Hangouts that supports integrated SMS/MMS messaging. Hangouts can be set as the default SMS app under Settings > Wireless > Default SMS app. |
| Touchless Control – “Find my phone” | Added a new “Find my phone” command to Touchless Control. Just say “OK, Google Now-find my phone” and your Moto X will ring loudly to let you know where it’s hiding when you’ve misplaced it nearby. |
| NFC – Host card emulation | Enhanced support for NFC Host Card Emulation (HCE), to improve experiences such as contactless payments, loyalty plans, transit passes, card access and more. |
| Accessory support | Added support for Square credit card reader
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The rollout is beginning over the air and will continue over the next few weeks, with more carrier rollouts to be announced.
