Google may launch its Smartwatch alongside Android 4.4 KitKat

Google is likely to officially lift the cover off Android 4.4 KitKat, and likely a Nexus 5 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet, but it might have one more surprise - a smartwatch. A device codenamed Gem may launch alongside Android 4.4 KitKat on a massive event scheduled for October 31st, according to Android Police co-founder Artem Russakovskii.

Other information states that the Google smartwatch could have begun life as a Motorola product called the xWATCh, which would have been released with the Moto X (or XFON). It looks like plans changed, and it was turned into a Google product. Hopefully we’ll see it come very soon, and hopefully it’s a lot more innovative than the current crop of smartwatches.

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Nexus 5 And Android 4.4 KitKat to be released next month

The physical details for the new Nexus phone have just about been confirmed in every detail thanks to some leaks at the FCC, but when it will launch and what features Android 4.4 – Kit Kat will bring to the table has not yet been determined.

The device, which will be manufactured by Korean outfit LG, will be the first to rock Android 4.4 KitKat, and with the chocolatey new version of the search giant’s mobile OS having just been officially announced, anticipation for its release, along with the new Nexus smartphone, is as high as ever.

A new tip received – which we’re taking with a large grain of salt – is advising that the magic date we’re waiting for will be around October 14th.

The features apparently to be delivered in Android 4.4 include :

* Firmware availability to older phones
* Fragmentation changes (screen resizing)
* Miracast updates
* New Gallery Visualisation
* New APIs regarding animations
* Change android default blue to other preset palette colours
* New notification widgets

Android KitKat 4.4 will likely be a relatively rudimentary update, but while it’s now official and with competitions rolling to promote it, we don’t really know as yet what it will include. Android 4.3, which itself has only been around a matter of weeks, wasn’t really anything to write home about, but even if we don’t see any major features with the next update, it will certainly offer an improved general user experience in one way or another.

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Nexus 5 coming from LG

Tipped to launch in the fourth quarter, the Nexus 5 is said to be the first handset to carry Android Key Lime Pie. The Google Nexus 5 is expected to land from LG for a second year in a row, and be loosely based on the G2 flagship. The device is also notable for its 5.2 inch full HD display and a Snapdragon 800 processor with a wider screen than equivalent devices because of the extra space afforded by removing side buttons with a very thin bezel on the sides, and camera unit moved closer to the edge of the phone.

A glass back will make its way onto the Nexus 5, in line with the tradition started last year, for what sounds like a killer Android phone, especially if Google again releases it at cost or with slightly subsidized pricing like the last Nexus.

We don't know if the superior audio quality and OIS tech of the G2 will make it into this purported Nexus 5, but if all of this is true, more leaks shouldn't be far behind, as the summer is almost over, and we all know the onslaught that will follow on the way to the holiday shopping craze.

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Google Nexus 5 Prototype Leaks

An image and specifications of a Nexus 5 prototype have been leaked online, according to Android and Me.

The source claims to be a Google employee and says the prototype is for real, but the site hasn't been able to confirm if it's genuine or not. "There is a good chance that some basement dweller is trolling us hard, but this person has an interesting story so we thought it needed to be shared." - Android and Me.


The Nexus 5 will be released in October and could be made by LG. Google is apparently considering prototypes from other phone manufacturing companies. If LG is selected it would be the first time that Google has partnered with the same manufacturer consecutively.

The Nexus 5 should bring with it a new version of Android, codenamed Key Lime Pie.

Check out full details of the specs below;

Google Nexus 5 specs

5.2″ OLED Display with 1920×1080 resolution

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 @ 2.3 GHz

3GB LPDDR3 RAM

16/32/64GB of internal storage

16MP rear camera by OmniVision (4k video recording @30FPS, 1080p video recording @60FPS, Real Time HDR & HDR video recording, optical image stabilization, BSI 2.0)

2.1MP front camera (1080p video recording @30FPS)

3300 mAh Lithium Polymer battery

Front positioned stereo speakers

Qualcomm RF360 (LTE 150 Mbps & HSPA+)

Integrated DVB-T / ATSC-antenna

Gesture like controls (navigation, zoom, etc)

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