Sony Xperia SP, T, TX and V Get 4.4.3 KitKat Features :D :D

themis0009

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Posted on June 17, 2014

Sony has been giving away some hints about Xperia owners can expect when KitKat 4.4.3 heads their way and 4.4.2 for the Xperia X, SP, T, TX and V. It has been suggested that features will be along the lines of those of the Xperia Sirius and the Z1 and features could also include two brand new user interfaces, along with camera modes and battery managers.

The interface for the Sony Sirius did get leaked and with it came a simple homescreen along with the Xperia one. In the leak you could see changes to the icons along with the addition of new status bar icons and battery icon.

With the release of Jelly Bean 4.3 Sony offered Smart Social apps along with new camera modes and user interface. The Sony Xperia Z1, Ultra X and other devices in the Z series may have features that are exclusive from Sirius. These may include Timeshift video and Background Defocus.

The Smart app was updated with a new look and it features a Close All button. This is a part of the Recent Apps and comes with Smart Backlight. This is somewhat similar to what owners of the Samsung handsets have with Smart Stay. The KitKat 4.4.3 update comes with support for call handling, double tap to wake and white balance.

The Xperia Sirius has some sound options that are new and this includes audio accessory support along with high resolution audio USB. It is to get S Force audio and Clear Audio along with xLoud engine.

It offers owners customisation choices when it comes to notification along with status bar. This includes My Xperia themes. Right now those with Jelly Bean 4.3 cannot apply a lot of customisation with My Xperia Themes.

Along with this KitKat has brought with it stamina mode, better power management, low battery, location based Wi-Fi and it allows the background data to be queued so as to save on the battery.

The Sony Xperia Z will get updated first to KitKat, followed by the Xperia SP, T, TX and V, which could have to wait for some time for Android 4.4.3.
 

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Posted on June 17, 2014

Sony has been giving away some hints about Xperia owners can expect when KitKat 4.4.3 heads their way and 4.4.2 for the Xperia X, SP, T, TX and V. It has been suggested that features will be along the lines of those of the Xperia Sirius and the Z1 and features could also include two brand new user interfaces, along with camera modes and battery managers.

The interface for the Sony Sirius did get leaked and with it came a simple homescreen along with the Xperia one. In the leak you could see changes to the icons along with the addition of new status bar icons and battery icon.

With the release of Jelly Bean 4.3 Sony offered Smart Social apps along with new camera modes and user interface. The Sony Xperia Z1, Ultra X and other devices in the Z series may have features that are exclusive from Sirius. These may include Timeshift video and Background Defocus.

The Smart app was updated with a new look and it features a Close All button. This is a part of the Recent Apps and comes with Smart Backlight. This is somewhat similar to what owners of the Samsung handsets have with Smart Stay. The KitKat 4.4.3 update comes with support for call handling, double tap to wake and white balance.

The Xperia Sirius has some sound options that are new and this includes audio accessory support along with high resolution audio USB. It is to get S Force audio and Clear Audio along with xLoud engine.

It offers owners customisation choices when it comes to notification along with status bar. This includes My Xperia themes. Right now those with Jelly Bean 4.3 cannot apply a lot of customisation with My Xperia Themes.

Along with this KitKat has brought with it stamina mode, better power management, low battery, location based Wi-Fi and it allows the background data to be queued so as to save on the battery.

The Sony Xperia Z will get updated first to KitKat, followed by the Xperia SP, T, TX and V, which could have to wait for some time for Android 4.4.3.

Hope for that...
 

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How about these features for example?

- lower memory requirements and better memory management
- user-customizable setup / debloat-able, not one size fits it all
- sort of semi-administrator rights out of the box, for example kind of which makes the owner rooted temporary to allow removal of items definitely not needed

- day and night UI setting (EvolveSMS and some other apps have this, it's brilliant)
- colour accents choosable
- navigation button user adjustable right out of the box
- a power menu with reboot option included
- bring back the screenshot option to the power menu
- a numbering of the volume and brightness adjuster scales for easier remembering, or on-screen number pop-up

- reliable repeat notifications for calendar, sms and other occurrences, even when the phone is sleeping
- adjustable LED colours for different notification types
- more reliable syncing for calendar + phone book, and not binding sync function to the presence of the latest version Play Services
- a user control of which metadata may be synced
- setting for combining camera pixels together lowering their total number and increasing effective pixel size, therefore actually achieving a better image quality

- thoroughly cleaning up the Play Store
- not binding paid apps functioning to the presence of Play Store
- clearer descriptions of what has been changed when upgrades are presented, not just "performance enhancements"
- revise the user rating system to actually provide useful information
- stop counting the number of features as the benchmark, but to highlight and promote other features such as efficiency, ease of use, or battery friendliness
- stop removing setup and preference options, many apps actually have become less user friendly and crippled
- give the user always a choice.
 
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Looks like a serious info leaked by a Sony dev but its not.lolz
If 4.4.2 arrives for my XV, i will try stickin with sony and my XV.
If not i will go for S5

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