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Sometimes on Thursday, December 12, 2013 both my Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 received the Android KitKat 4.2.2 update. My colleague’s Nexus 5 received the update on Wednesday, December 11, 2013.
After updating to Android 4.2 KitKat, I tested the tethering and mobile hotspot feature. It is even more broken than before, specifically within T-Mobile USA network. If your Nexus 4 still running Android Jelly Bean 4.3 and you use it as a mobile hotspot, avoid Android KitKat at all cost.
My Nexus 7 finally got the Android 4.3 update, just about one week after Google said it was released.
From AnandTech:
One of the common complaints late in the life of the original Nexus 7 was slow storage I/O performance, leading to an inconsistent user experience. After a fresh flash, the Nexus 7 was speedy and performant, but after months of installing applications and using the tablet, things began slowing down. This was a friction point that many hoped would be fixed in the new Nexus 7 (2013) model, which it was. There’s even more to the story though, it turns out Google has fixed that storage I/O aging problem on all Nexus devices with the Android 4.3 update.
You dont’ have to read between the lines that prior to Android 4.3 Nexus 7 had a serious flaw.
Android 4.3 finally shows up on my Nexus 4. I am still waiting for Android 4.3 to show up on my Nexus 7. I could also download the factory images directly from Google.
The news about Android 4.2.2 rollout has been circulating for a few days and it finally arrives for (my) Nexus 7. No words yet from my colleague if Android 4.2.2 had arrived for (his) Galaxy Nexus.
Six months have passed since Nexus 7 was first released and Square Register is still not compatible with the 7-inch tablet.
There’s the iPad mini with LTE and a Nexus 7. One person at the office will be using this for the Thanksgiving week and write something about them.
