A list of new features on Android 4.4.1

Google is already giving us another break of KitKat with the Android 4.4.1, which is now rolling out onto the Nexus 5, Nexus 4 and 2012 and 2013 Nexus 7 models.

 

Take a look what’s new on Android 4.4.1?

1. The Camera app for the Nexus 5 has had a performance upgrade

2. Low sound output in some apps for the Nexus 5 has been fixed

3. The haptic feedback has been tweaked on the Nexus 5.

4. Bug-fixes related to ART as well (this should solve any issues with WhatsApp not working with ART)

5. Fixed the default e-mail client on the Nexus 5 not syncing properly

6. Immersive mode breaking while adjusting the volume level bug has been fixed.

7. The new ‘Photos’ app is now the default Gallery app.

8. There is a slight improvement in benchmark performance on the Nexus 5.

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9. The transparent status bar sometimes turning opaque issue on the Nexus 5 has also been fixed.

10. The navigation bar is now transparent on the lock screen in the Nexus 4.

11. The Settings icon in Quick tiles has also been changed.

12. The Miracast setting has been renamed to Cast settings.

13. Option for 4G/LTE under Mobile Data now shows "recommended."

14. LED pulses more frequently for regular notifications (e.g. Gmail)

15.Wireless display now called 'Cast screen'

16. Cell/Wifi/battery icons in the notification bar are now aligned properly

Good news for Android device owners

Android device owners who want KitKat but are still waiting on their handset provider to deliver it need not wait any longer. A newly released build of its CyanogenMod (CM) 11.0, a custom ROM based on Android 4.4, brings the OS to a number of popular smartphones that are yet to get KitKat, including some Galaxy S3, Sony Experia Z and HTC One handsets. CM 11 'nightly builds' now support more than 40 individual makes of smartphone.

For more:  CyanogenMod11.0 M1 – Nexus Edition

Facebook sympathise button alternative to the like button

Digest:  Facebook has devised a "sympathise" button as an alternative to the "like" button for use in certain situations.

 

The problem is solved for when you've seen something ... but can't 'like' it. Users have been demanding a “Dislike” button for a long time. The social network evidently hears their complaints: During a Facebook hackathon held "a little while back," an engineer devised a "sympathize" button that would accompany gloomier status updates, according to Dan Muriello, a different Facebook engineer who described the hackathon experiment at a company event Thursday. If someone selected a negative emotion like "sad" or "depressed" from Facebook's fixed list of feelings, the "like" button would be relabeled "sympathize."

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How does Facebook’s sympathize button work?

It would work something like this. When a user selects a negative emoticon such as “depressed” or “sad”, the Like button would automatically be relabeled as “Sympathize.” However, it won’t make its way to the site anytime soon, says Muriello. He said his fellow engineers are enthusiastic about the creation, but it needs to undergo rigorous analysis and testing before reaching the site.

Source: i) CompassionResearch Day

ii) Facebookers Like The IdeaOf A 'Sympathize' Button (Keep Waiting For 'Dislike')