The Google Play Edition Galaxy S4 has today started receiving its much-anticipated over-the-air update bringing the latest build of Android 4.4 KitKat. This rollout comes just a matter of days after Google distributed the new software version to its Nexus devices and over a month since KitKat made its public debut alongside the Nexus 5.

The Google Play Edition HTC One has today begun to receive its much-anticipated over-the-air update for Android 4.4 KitKat. It comes just over a month after KitKat made its public debut alongside the Nexus 5.

Last month HTC unveiled its much-anticipated One Max, as a dramatically upscaled variant to the immensely popular high-end Android-powered smartphone, the HTC One, and now Verizon have officially announced that the phablet is available to purchase on any of its 2-year contracts starting at $299 or for $25.22 a month with Verizon’s very own Edge plan.

Google has pushed out an update for its Translate app on Google Play, bringing new gesture support, improved conversational translations, as well as handwriting support for Hebrew, Greek, Javanese and Esperanto.

Sprint is in the process of pushing out an over-the-air (OTA) update to its branded edition of Samsung’s former flagship smartphone the Galaxy Note II. This upgrade brings Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and a newer version of the TouchWiz UI to the device, in addition to a multitude of bug fixes and speed optimizations.