14 DAY TRIAL // Motorola has confirmed numerous times that some of its 2013 lineup of DROIDs will eventually receive the long-awaited Android 4.4.2 KitKat update.
However, after a few attempts and a soak test, it appears that the US-based company has decided to wait for Google to release Android 4.4.3 KitKat and offer the update to DROID Ultra, Maxx and Mini instead of Android 4.4.2.
The information has recently been confirmed by Motorola's Senior Director of Software Product Management, David Schuster who offered fans the following statement:
“I see a lot of comments on a couple different threads asking about the 2013 DROID plans. Now that KitKat 4.4.3 is publicly available I am able to give more information about our plans. As I have stated previously, we ran into some issues with requirement churn on getting KitKat 4.4.2 out as quickly as we wanted too.
Once that got resolved last month we had a decision to make with respect to rolling out KitKat 4.4.2 vs. waiting for KitKat 4.4.3, which we knew, was coming out shortly. We were concerned that if we used KitKat 4.4.2 it could be months before we were given the opportunity to get you KitKat 4.4.3.
Consequently, we made the decision to wait for KitKat 4.4.3 as the base for our next update to the 2013 DROID family. We are working to get this update to you shortly, as it gets closer I will let you guys know. Thanks for your patience.”
While no timeframe for the release of the update has been unveiled, owners of DROID Ultra, Maxx or Mini smartphones should at least expect that more details would be offered soon. Stay tuned for more on this one.