Last week, Google unveiled its newest OS, Android 4.4 KitKat. Here are some of my favorite features. KitKat features a completely revolutionized dialer, which incorporates search into your address book and lets you find the number of that pizza place without having to search the web. Caller ID is provided for incoming calls, too, which means you’ll know exactly who’s calling … and when to let it go to voicemail. Your phone’s messaging experience has been condensed into the Hangouts app, which features a Places button for sharing map locations and emoji support. KitKat also makes it easier to access your photos, letting you attach pictures saved on your device as well as those in Google Drive and Box. Photography has been overhauled, too, as your phone takes a bunch of photos every time you press the shutter button and fuses them together to come up with a great final product. Very cool stuff. KitKat is only available on the Nexus 5 for now, but will be rolling out to most Android devices in the coming months.
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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.