A leak from last week provided hope for the owners of the Samsung Galaxy S3 as an update to Android 4.4 was said to be on the cards. And now, Samsung’s Arabian wing has confirmed the arrival of the update to GT-I9300 models of the smartphone by the end of March. This was in response to a user query from the UAE.
Following its launch on the Play Store on Tuesday, Pebble is now pushing out a minor stability update for the public version of its Pebble 2.0 application for Android. The upgrade doesn’t bring anything new in terms of functionality, but, thankfully, it does transport some much needed stability improvements, in addition to a fix for a very annoying issue where some users found themselves stuck at the splash screen.
Earlier this week, Google rolled out an update for its Google Search app that brought a new detailed layout for Google Now cards and the ability to toggle the “Ok Google” hotword detection.
Turns out, the update includes a lot of other goodies as well as revealed by the official change-log posted by Google today.
One of the most frustrating things about Google Play is the inability to select and install multiple applications simultaneously. So, unless you restore from a backup when you’re setting up a new device, you have to go through a long list of purchased apps and install all the ones you want one-by-one.
But that’s no longer the case, thanks to a new Google Play update rolling out this week. Users are now able to batch install apps by making multiple selections and hitting one “install” button. The update also brings a new “require password” option, some interface changes, and the ability to force Play Store updates.
Rogers has just announced that it is in the process of pushing out the much-anticipated Android 4.4.2 KitKat upgrade to all its carrier-branded-variants of Samsung’s former flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, currently located in Canada . This fairly hefty upgrade, weighing in at 415MB, brings a mass of new functionality, together with the usual multitude of bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations.
