Late last month, Motorola surprised Moto G owners in the USA by rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for their devices ahead of schedule. Now, its time for the Moto G owners in the United Kingdom to enjoy some KitKat goodness on their device.
The Android 4.4.2 update for the Moto G includes all the KitKat goodies including immersive mode, system-wide emoji support, restyled navigation and status bar and more.
The full change-log of the update is below -:
| Android™ 4.4, KitKat® | Android 4.4.2, KitKat, is the latest release of the Android platform. KitKat includes enhancements such as restyled status and navigation bars, a new full-screen mode, colour 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. |
| 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 colour, exposure, contrast and more. |
| Printing documents and pictures | Added support for printing photos, Google Docs, Gmail messages and other content via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and hosted services such as Google Cloud Print and HP ePrinters. |
| 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. |
| Accessory support | Added support for Square credit card reader. |
The OTA update should land on your phone sometime soon. If you cannot wait, you can manually pull the update as well by going into Settings -> About Phone -> System Updates.
The phone should prompt you that a new OTA update is available. Tap ‘Download’ followed by ‘Install’ after the download has completed to install the KitKat update on your Moto G.
