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Android 4.4 Code Reveals Even More Bluetooth Features in KitKat

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It seems like a little bit of Android 4.4 code is leaking out everyday. Today it’s coming from the same folks that have gotten their hands on the logs already. Which is Myce.com. They’ve already found out that OIS will be part of the camera in Android 4.4 and a few other things. Now it looks like there’s more Bluetooth Low Energy or BLE along with a “Bluetooth Password vault”. In the code, Myce found that there was a line “code.google.android.authenticator.bluetooth.RemoteAccessService”. These guys also found some information regarding a Bluetooth Password Vault, and several times BPV was mentioned, which we’d assume is an abbreviation for Bluetooth Password vault. Of course as expected, there were plenty of mentions of Bluetooth Low Energy, which is officially supported as of Android 4.3. Along with Proximity Awareness. That’s nothing new for Bluetooth devices, since that is the key to pairing devices together. The two devices have to be able to contact each other, and use an unique a

Android 4.4 Design: What do we want in KitKat

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It’s almost that time of year. Time for a new treat from Mountain View. Last year, we thought we’d be getting  Key Lime Pie , instead Google gave us another serving of Jelly Beans Android 4.2. Then came Google I/O in May of this year where we thought we’d get Key Lime Pie Android 5.0, instead we got nothing until July when we got a third serving of Jelly Beans Android 4.3. We know that this fall, Google is going to serving up some tasty KitKats for us. Since they made it official earlier this month. Android 4.4 will be named KitKat. However, we have no idea what is going to be in KitKat. Maybe a new lockscreen? Perhaps new notifications? Or maybe just a new lighter, cards UI theme for the entire system? That’s what we are here to talk about today. What do we want to see in KitKat! Features We Want Fix the Fragmentation This seems to be a feature we want in every release of Android. But it’s something that Google is clearly working on, since we see many new features in the Google Play S