Android KitKat
2013 Android mobile operating system
Summary
Android KitKat is the codename for the eleventh version of the Android mobile operating system, representing release version 4.4. Unveiled on September 3, 2013, KitKat focused primarily on optimizing the operating system for improved performance on entry-level devices with limited resources. It is the last version of Android to use the "Holo" interface. On July 24, 2023, Google announced that Google Play Services would no longer support KitKat in August of that year. The first phone with Android KitKat was the Nexus 5.
Originally created by Tentinator
9/3/2013, 9:04:49 PM
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I sais what phone is most used on kitkat
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This is not an AVD emulator, this is a physical device, it has official stock android KitKat
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/* History */ One of the bugs solved introduced in version 4.4 and solved in version 4.4.1 was the [[hairy heart]]: the yellow heart emoji {{angbr|💛}} would be shown as a hairy heart {{angbr|[[File:Noto Emoji KitKat 1f49b.svg|20px|alt=a pink heart symbol with marks representing short hair.]]}}.<ref name="Bond">{{Cite news |last1=Bond |first1=John-michael |date=Apr 30, 2014 |title=You may be accidentally sending friends a hairy heart emoji |url=https://www.engadget.com/2014-04-30-you-may-be-acci
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