Happy birthday, Android 4.4! Your present is death. In a short and sweet blog from Google, we got the news that Android 4.4 Kitkat is officially dead. Google is going ...

The Android ecosystem rightfully gets a lot of slack for being unable to deliver operating system updates to everyone in a timely manner, but there’s more to Android updates than just OS support. App ...

Arol is a tech journalist who worked as a news and feature writer for Android Police from 2021 to 2023. He first began writing online for the short-lived portal of Spanish-language gaming forum ...

Google shared today that Play services is dropping support for Android 4.4 KitKat, which is nearly 10 years old, in August. When Android devices stop getting monthly OS updates, they continue to ...

Thank goodness — we can finally put to rest to all of the rumors and speculation. Google pulled the curtain on Android 4.4 KitKat Thursday, announcing the new mobile OS will appear first in the ...

Google has announced that Google Play services will discontinue support for Android KitKat. The active device count for Android 4.4 has reportedly fallen to under 1%. Devices on KitKat will stop being ...

In case you missed it, Google announced earlier this month that it would end support for phones running Android 4.4 KitKat software in August. While this version represents less than one percent of ...

I only just upgraded my old Nexus from 4.3 a few years ago, the last year that I had it. When Kit Kat came out it didn't have any new features that spoke to me (and seemed more intrusive), so I just ...