Get ready for Android 4.4 KitKat

By munchy  | 3 Sep 2013   | News

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The next version of Android will not be 5.0 and it will be not be called Key Lime Pie. Instead it will be Android 4.4 and be called KitKat. A statue of Android 4.4 KitKat was also unveiled at Google Plex.

Android KitKat

Infact Android boss Sundar Pichai is very excited about Android 4.4 KitKat :-

can’t wait to release the next version of the platform that is as sweet as the candy bar that’s one of our team’s favorites:)

Google has also updated android.com with KitKat

It’s our goal with Android KitKat to make an amazing Android experience available for everybody.

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So, finally a lot of questions have been answered, Android 5.0 won’t be Key Lime Pie. It will be Android 4.4 Kit Kat!

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About munchy

Munchy is a Cobol Programmer by profession, Android diehard by choice. When he is not thinking about Android he loves to take his Mustang out for a drive to no where.

  • Praneeth Kancherla

    KitKat..lol

    • Derek L.

      Look at it this way.. Most countries don’t know what Key Lime Pie is, but nearly all countries know what a Kit Kat is. I mean a giant market for Kit Kats is Japan/China, and Android could be a massive game changer over there with this name. Just Google “Japan, Kit Kat” and you’ll see the myriad of flavors they have over there.

      • Praneeth Kancherla

        Yes.. I myself did not know about Key Lime Pie until I googled it.. but KitKat is famous here in India too

        • Derek L.

          Well, there you have it! It makes perfect sense then for them to team up with an internationally well known company and desert/candy bar.

          • Praneeth Kancherla

            I agree :-)

  • Dave12118

    This is great news. I wasn’t a fan of the name Key Lime Pie.

  • Frank LaTorre

    Nice, I hope this release is truly as sweet as the candy!!

  • Frank LaTorre

    They probably opted for KitKat over Key Lime Pie due to construction of a Key Lime Pie statue.

  • Derek L.

    The name choice is definitely interesting. The main thing I’ve been throwing out everywhere is that this will get Android’s OS updates out to the general public. My best friend who loves technology has always thought Android sucked, then he saw an S4, and fell in love. The point of that story is he still believed Android was completely mediocre thanks to trying out Android 2.2/2.3 a while ago.

    When KK and Google team up, this could prove to be a massive advertising campaign getting more Android OS illiterate consumers to see what all the fuss is about. They might know what 4.4 is. I mean think about when you talk to family members or friends that have iPhones. They usually (I use that loosely) know that they are on iOS 5/6/7. Most consumers (unless technologically inclined) don’t know what version their Android phone is on so this could be a great way of getting that out there and stomping all their old preconceived notions of what Android was and can finally see how awesome Android is.