Samsung
has started rolling out Android 4.4.2 KitKat updates for the Galaxy S4.
The new update brings with it a KitKat style white status bar
notification icons, an improved lockscreen with a camera shortcut,
fullscreen album art, improved keyboard, new emoji support and an option
to choose between the stock messaging app or Google Hangouts to send or
receive texts among others. Overall system
stability will also be improved, according to the company.
Android 4.4.2 is a 353.59MB download. Apart from the numerous updates
brought by Android 4.4.2 KitKat, the Galaxy S4 gets a few TouchWiz UI
changes as well, as partially detailed by the upgrade screenshot.
Users will require 1GB of free space to download and install the
update on their phones. For those who haven’t got a notification about a
software update can head to Settings -> About Phone -> Software
Update -> Update, to manually check about the update. Samsung is
rolling it out in phases so if you haven’t got it yet, you will soon.
If you have updated your Galaxy S4 to Android 4.4.2 KitKat, do let us know in the comments section below.
