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More Leaked Screenshots of KitKat Android 4.4 Reveal Printing and Payments Support

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Nexus season is in full swing, and has been for some time now and, as usual that brings with it a whole lot of leaks and rumors concerning the next version of Android. The choclatey KitKat that is Android 4.4 has already been leaked a couple of times before and thanks to log files that just keep on giving, we already have quite a bit of info on the subject. This time around,  Gadget Helpline   has managed to get their hands on what looks like an early build of Android 4.4 running on what seems to be a Nexus 4. It’s clear to us that these shots represent an earlier build of Android 4.4, as the Key Lime Pie references are still here. Regardless of the build’s age however, details such as built-in Printing and Payments supports are revealed in these new screenshots. While nothing is really known about these two features it would stand to reason that Payments is simply tighter integration with Google Wallet and Printing will be Google’s Cloud Print brought down to mobile. The device in que

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

Android 4.4 KitKat Design: Keyboard and Phone App Redesigned

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The folks over at  9to5Google  have just posted a couple of screenshots of what they believe to be pictures of a redesigned phone and messaging app, probably coming in Android 4.4. We’ve seen in the past that Google has been moving towards a lighter theme. A good example of that is the Google Play Store and Google Now. We know Android 4.4 is due to be announced in October, and we’ve already seen what we thought was a leak about new icons. Not really new, but instead of blue, they are now gray. Which you can’t really tell in the images in this post, but they do appear to be gray. It also looks like Google took a hint from Paranoid Android. As in the Messaging app, you’ll notice the status bar is green, like the messaging icon, and blue in the Phone app, like the header and bottom of the app. Also in the Messaging app, you’ll notice that Mr Jingles is there. He’s from the Google+ notification tray. I wonder if you tap him, if he’ll jingle like he does on Google+? As 9to5Google states, yo