18 Phones Confirmed For Android 4.4 KitKat Update

Lots of Samsung devices were supposed to be finishing their working lives on Jelly Bean 4.2.2, including the Galaxy S2 and Note 1. Google brought out KitKat in October last year, and this new OS has a Linux kernel that supports devices with a low working memory capacity

In March last year, SamMobile posted the list of devices destined for Jelly Bean 4.2.2 and those destined for Android 5 (which has turned out to be KK). The lucky devices set to go up to KitKat include:

1. Galaxy Grand and Grand DUOS

2. Galaxy Ace 2

3. Galaxy S3 Mini

4. Galaxy Beam

5. Galaxy Express

6. Galaxy S Advance

7. Galaxy S2 and S2 Plus

8. Galaxy Premier

9. Galaxy Note I

10. Galaxy Young and Young DUOS

11. Galaxy Fame

12. Galaxy X Cover 2

13. Selected Galaxy Tabs

Some Galaxy devices are meant to get Android 4.4 KitKat straight away:

1. Galaxy Note 3

2. Galaxy S4 and other variants

3. Galaxy Note 8.0 and other variants

4. Upcoming Galaxy Note 10.1 and 12.2

5. Galaxy S4 mini

Android 4.4 KitKat Features on Samsung Galaxy devices:

- Better processor support on Exynos chipset

- Wider network coverage and better compatibility

- Enhances the screen orientation responsiveness

- Additional cloud storage with Android’s exclusive Cloud system

- Compatible with Samsung accessories

- Speeds up RAM and overall performance

- More battery power on the device