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Android 4.4 KitKat review: designed by Google, for Google | The Verge
"With Android 4.4 KitKat, the catchwords to remember are "refine" and "polish," and there's plenty of both on display in KitKat. From the launcher to the apps, everything looks better and feels more approachable. But underneath all that, Google has filled in a powerful feature set and established a platform good enough to dismiss any complaints that this is just a "point" update.
If you were to say that Android 4.4 KitKat was the biggest change to Android in two years, you'd be right — but maybe not in the way that you think. KitKat on the Nexus 5 is not KitKat as you'll see it on other devices. The Launcher and other parts of this OS are exclusive to the Nexus 5. The big change is one that's been a long time coming: there's Google's Android and there's everybody else's. Google's Android finds its apotheosis in the Nexus 5.
Right now, you can't separate out Google from KitKat and vice versa. How it will play out on other devices is still an open question. But if you don't particularly care about that question, if you're fully invested in Google's ecosystem and services, KitKat is simply a stunningly good operating system that feels every bit as up-to-date and modern as iOS 7, if not more so."
"With Android 4.4 KitKat, the catchwords to remember are "refine" and "polish," and there's plenty of both on display in KitKat. From the launcher to the apps, everything looks better and feels more approachable. But underneath all that, Google has filled in a powerful feature set and established a platform good enough to dismiss any complaints that this is just a "point" update.
If you were to say that Android 4.4 KitKat was the biggest change to Android in two years, you'd be right — but maybe not in the way that you think. KitKat on the Nexus 5 is not KitKat as you'll see it on other devices. The Launcher and other parts of this OS are exclusive to the Nexus 5. The big change is one that's been a long time coming: there's Google's Android and there's everybody else's. Google's Android finds its apotheosis in the Nexus 5.
Right now, you can't separate out Google from KitKat and vice versa. How it will play out on other devices is still an open question. But if you don't particularly care about that question, if you're fully invested in Google's ecosystem and services, KitKat is simply a stunningly good operating system that feels every bit as up-to-date and modern as iOS 7, if not more so."