Since Motorola X is getting 4.4 when are we?

[floydfollower13]

Has anybody know when we might get it? Word from Motorola is the X is getting it in a matter of weeks. Since we have the same hardware shouldn't we get it about the same time?

 

[Einsteindks]

Any good Android user will know that we don't get updates very frequently. And even when they are promised or planned, they are always late. That said, I suspect we'll probably get KK around spring time.

fat-fingered and Maxx-ed out.

 

[doogald]

The lastest OTA that fixed the camera and other updates followed the first Moto X updates by about 4-5 weeks, and followed the Verizon Moto X update by about two weeks. I suspect that this update will be just about the same. This Google-owned Motorola continues to insist that they will be aggressive about updates, and Verizon said similar things when the Droids were announced last summer.

 

[BlueLions81]

I'm not going to download it. KitKat hides the phone dialer and have some stupid search pop up when you click the phone button. No thanks.

 

[floydfollower13]

If that's the case I will probably skip myself! That would just be confusing.

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[RETG]

You can still access the dialer with an extra step; no big deal! They cannot do away with a dialer, not everyone, or every company is listed; don't care what google says and you still have the infamous press 1 or 2 or 3 for different departments.
I'd be more worried about it screwing up the phone. Moto does not have a good reputation when it comes to major upgrades to phone software and in some cases, it screwed up the phone (Moto X for example)./

 

[doogald]

Has anybody know when we might get it? Word from Motorola is the X is getting it in a matter of weeks. Since we have the same hardware shouldn't we get it about the same time?

The Droids got the last OTA about 4 or 5 weeks after the first Moto X phones did. I suspect that 4.4 will be on the same schedule. The Moto X is weeks away. We are a few more weeks away.

Since the phone is working great on 4.2.2, I can wait until 4.4 is ready...

 

[livinginkaos]

The new droid line is schedule to skip 4.3 and go directly to 4.4. As for the dialer being "hidden" it is that way currently on the x . It's not terrible. Just take a little getting used to. I think they felt that the majority do not use it but dial from their contacts or recents.

Sent From My DEV X

 

[doogald]

There are great replacement dialers in the market that show a dial pad when you start them by default. DialerOne is one of them. IIRC, it is free. You can install it now if you want to try it out. I started using it on my last phone after having an HTC Sense phone because the Sense dialer would let you do T9 dialing (ie, I could dial my number or I could start dialing my name with the pad - 3664 for "doog" - and it would narrow down the contact list until just the names that matched would show up.)