Google has started rolling-out the Android 4.4.3 KitKat OTA update to Sprint's Nexus 5 users yesterday. Now we get reports about Samsung preparing to bring the same update to its latest flagship devices. Speculations points that the KitKat 4.4.3 update will be available for Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy S5 Google play Editions before the End of this Month.

The KitKat 4.4.3 Update brings various Bug fixes to the Camera, along with other reported bugs such as Random reboots, Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity issues, Data connection lost, app shortcuts, battery life and security issues.

International variants of the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S5 should get the same update with TouchWiz UI on top in May-June this year, as Google is preparing an event to be held on 25-26 June in San Francisco in order to announce the Next Android version 4.5 that will bring some UI Changes and New Icons accroding to a leaked screenshot.

 

 

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Android 4.4.3 KitKat Update is Now Available for Nexus 5 users on Sprint, they are the first to get this update. The update build number is KTU48F. The Update Enables Nexus 5 to work on Sprint's LTE network using bands 26 and 41.

 

Google fixed many Bugs with the Android 4.4.3 update, regarding Random reboots, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity issues, data connection loss, missed calls notifications and various Camera Bugs. Check the Update Full Change-log HERE.

The Update is Coming in few days to the Rest of Nexus devices around the world.

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Today, Samsung released an Update to its flagship device Galaxy S5. The update is available to all S5 users globally and its about 30MB in size. The change-log is not big as its a performance and stability update.

 

The new software version is XXU1ANCE, all device features remain unchanged. If you have a Samsung Galaxy S5, go to About -> Updates to download the update now.

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We already saw the Android 4.4.3 update full change-log and we know its currently being tested. Today, more info has been leaked, the version for Android 4.4.3 is codenamed "Hammerhead" and carries a build number of KTU83.

 

The version of Android 4.4.3 for the Nexus 7 (2013) is KTU79. There is a way to break down these build numbers as they are based on a Google-devised code.

The "K" on the build number refers to KitKat. The third letter, which in this case is "U" is the quarter that the software was written. The last two numbers is a date-code. For example, "83" would be the 83rd day of the quarter which was March 24th. That means that the build seen on the Nexus 5 is just 1 week old. The build for the Nexus 7 (2013) was created on March 21st. The final OTA update isn't so far.

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Last week, we heard a rumor about Android 4.4.3 KitKat [Build KTU72B] with camera bug fix that is coming soon. Today, we got the even more confirmed information about the Android 4.4.3 KitKat update, this time is a newer build "KTU8xx".

 

Android 4.4.3 Screenshot

 

The New 4.4.3 update will be a minor update with several bug fixes and improvements but no GUI changes, Here is the full change-log.

 

 

Android 4.4.3 Change-log:

 

• Frequent data connection dropout fix

• "Mm-qcamera-daemon" crash and optimization fixes

• Camera focus in regular and HDR modes fixes

• Power Manager display wakelock fix

• Multiple Bluetooth fixes

• Fix for a random reboot

• App shortcuts sometimes got removed from launcher after update

• USB debugging security fix

• App shortcuts security fix

• Wi-Fi auto-connect fix

• Other camera fixes

• MMS, Email/Exchange, Calendar, People/Dialer/Contacts, DSP, IPv6, VPN fixes

• Stuck in activation screen fix

• Missed call LED fix

• Subtitle fixes

• Data usage graph fix

• Internet telephony fix

• FCC compliance fix

• Other miscellaneous fixes

 

 

The update build is seems to be finalized and it's coming soon. There is no official date but it won't take too long to see Google seeding the update to its Nexus & GPe devices.

 

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