Android Kitkat, the operating system that was announced as part of the launch for Google Nexus 5 has an inward ability to support backward compatibility. This simply means that this operating system can be used on phones that have as low as 512MB RAM. You can use the Android Kitkat, once it is launched, with feature phones. The whole idea behind launching this new OS is to make Android reach billions of people, half of whom don’t really use smartphones.
But, this is just one such amazing feature that comes with Android Kitkat OS. There are much more amazing features than this. Here are top ten features that come with Kitkat OS. Let’s take a look at each of these features.
Say “Ok Google”
Like earlier, now with Android’s new OS, you don’t have to touch your screen, type what you want to search or go to Google specially to perform your searches. Let’s say you are at the Home Screen or on Google search screen, then all you have to say is “ok Google” and say the task you want it to perform. Let’s say you want to know the local restaurants in your city then you should say Ok Google give me a list of local restaurants nearby.
Full Screen Album with Controls
If you are planning to stream music or videos using Google Chrome cast, you will find that the video or audio will give out full screens. Either a full screen video or the related audio art paper would appear. You would also find fixed controls when you lock your screen. You can at any point using these controls change the song or movie that you want to watch.
Hide your Display
Remember those old Android times when you used to read an ebook and find the status bars being displayed? It irritated you a lot, didn’t it? Well, Kitkat has changed it all. Now, you can read your favorite book without worrying about status bars. Kitkat hides the unnecessary status bars and gives you a complete read.
Prioritize your Contacts
This feature by Android Kitkat is something to look forward to. Let’s say you have some people who you talk to on a daily basis. Kitkat prioritizes these contacts. You can even synchronize the Kitkat contacts app with Google contacts app. While you are on the contacts bar, you can even try and search for businesses and places near you using the search bar.
Caller ID
Many of you may not receive calls from unknown numbers. This is why Google Kitkat has come up an amazing feature that will help you receive such calls. It will give out the information of the person calling you from local listings and try and help you take that unknown call. This information is quite good for you.
Consolidates your Messages
Android Kitkat allows all your messages to be consolidated in one place. You would have received a lot of SMS, MMS, Video Calls, Hangout messages etc. on your phone. Instead of checking out each folder for the message, you can always check out this consolidated folder and get all your messages. Isn’t this feature very interesting? Saves you from searching for your messages!
Enhanced Emojis
Emojis, a Japanese term for ideograms and smiley’s, has been used by Android Kitkat for better expressions. You context would be more specific and targeted when you use these emoticons to express yourself.
Cloud Printing
With Kitkat OS in your hand, you can enable cloud printing. Be it a website, a presentation or photo, you can print it using your phone. Just remember to connect your printer to Google Cloud print to enable this cloud printing.
Edit with Quick office
With Android Kitkat, as part of its offerings, is the Quick office. It allows you to edit the documents, spreadsheets, presentations etc. you would have created using Microsoft Office on your phone. You can even take a look at the documents you had saved in Google Drive and Google Docs using this feature.
Works for Fitness
With the step detector and counter feature, fitness apps can detect if the user is walking, climbing or running. While step detector uses accelerometer step counter counts the total steps the user has climbed. These fitness apps will help you know if you have been leading a happy and healthy lifestyle or no.
