Late last year, Sony rolled out the Android 4.3 update for the Xperia Z, ZL and Tablet Z. The Xperia T and SP were also scheduled to receive the update last month but it got delayed for some reason.

Now, screenshots of the final Android 4.3 firmware for these devices have leaked out suggesting that Sony is nearly done with the update and is on the verge of pushing them out to the end users.

Every year, various Android OEMs release hundreds of new Android powered smartphones. However, only a handful of them sell in millions of units and are truly worth your hard earned money.

This year was no different with Samsung and releasing their flagship handsets by the first half of this year, followed by LG, Sony, Google and Motorola in the second half. But, which was the best Android smartphone released this year? Read our round up below to find out.

With the Moto X, Motorola has been trying to solve the issues that consumers face in day to day life, instead of focusing on the irrelevant spec war. Thanks to consumer feedback, the company changed its warranty policies and started posting factory images for its developer edition devices.

The company is not stopping there though, and after listening to consumer feedback of wanting a premium smartphone at a reasonable price and the success of its holiday flash sales, it has decided to drop the off-contract price of the Moto X. 

Earlier this week, Google released the Android 4.4.2 OTA update for all the Nexus devices it currently supports. Unlike the Android 4.4.1 update that was rolled out last week, the latest update to KitKat only fixed a few under-the-hood bugs and patched a major security loophole.

The roll-out of the Android 4.4.2 OTA update has been pretty quick from Google’s side and chances are you must have already received the OTA update notification on your device. However, if you are rooted, the OTA update will fail to install on your Nexus device.

Late last month, the CyanogenMod team started rolling out CM11 nightlies — based on Android 4.4 KitKat — for a bunch of popular devices including the variants of Galaxy S4/S3, HTC One and the Nexus devices. Since then, the team has been slowly expanding its roster of supported devices, adding support for new device with every passing day.

Over the last few days, the CyanogenMod team has added support for the LG G Pad 8.3, the Sprint variant of the LG G2 and the relatively unknown, Galaxy Express.