At today’s Moto G unveiling in São Paulo, Brazil, Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside confirmed that the Moto X will be updated to Android 4.4 KitKat “in a matter of weeks.”
It is also expected to come to other Motorola devices, including the DROID MAXX, DROID ULTRA, and DROID MINI, but it’s likely that owners of those devices will be forces to wait a little longer.
Google has announced that its latest Android 4.4 KitKat update is rolling out to the Wi-Fi Nexus 7 (2012 and 2013 models) and the Nexus 10 starting today. The update will be available to download over-the-air, and it will deliver all of the new Android features that made their debut on the Nexus 5 late last month.
The black 16GB Nexus 5 is no longer available to order through Google Play as Google struggles to keep up with initial demand. Shipping times have been slipping since the handset went on sale on October 31, and they’re only getting worse almost two weeks later.
Nova Launcher, one of the most popular third-party launchers for Android, has a new beta release out today, which includes a number of new features and tweaks for Android 4.4 KitKat. In addition to transparent status and navigations bars, the update adds KitKat’s new home screen page indicators and app drawer icon, its folders, its font, and lots more.
The Moto G’s price tag and specifications have been leaked by a number of retailers ahead of the handset’s official unveiling on November 13.
German retailer Phone House, British supermarket chain Tesco, and Amazon U.K. all published listings for the handset today and quickly pulled them again a short while later — but not before the handset’s specifications and press images were obtained.
