Finally the webview uses Chromium instead of the native android browser. I've been waiting so long for this.<p>I hope they find a way to roll it to more devices really quickly so more people use the latest version. I guess its a big problem but there's plenty of value to google in finding that solution.
The Step Detector and Step Counter platform support is an especially interesting addition.<p>Perhaps a nod to the wearables market, with the upcoming Google watch hooking into it for some Fitness tracking smarts?
> Android now supports the Common Encryption (CENC) for MPEG-DASH, providing a standard, multiplatform DRM scheme for managing protecting content.<p>wow, discussion of web DRM was much louder
Anyone know if NFC emulation will let me create an app to replace my Clipper card and work key fob? I would have guessed that NFC chips would have an embedded secret that you can't get directly.
> Android 4.4 is designed to run fast, smooth, and responsively on a much broader range of devices than ever before — including on millions of entry-level devices around the world that have as little as 512MB RAM.<p>Does this mean that it will run the same as it is running now, but just on more devices, or does it mean that KitKat is even more responsive than JellyBean?