{"id":54495,"date":"2013-11-01T23:16:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T21:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=54495"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:03:33","slug":"android-4-4-kitkat-phone-dialer-could-display-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/android-4-4-kitkat-phone-dialer-could-display-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 4.4 KitKat phone dialer could display ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Android\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/t\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a> users could be seeing ads in their phone dialer very soon. After yesterday&#8217;s <a title=\"Android 4.4 KitKat available on Nexus 5, other devices &quot;in the coming weeks&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/android-4-4-kitkat-available-on-nexus-5-other-devices-in-the-coming-weeks\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KitKat release<\/a>, the Android community has been pouring over every line of code of the operating system. <a title=\"Ron Amadeo Google+\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+RonAmadeo\/posts\/8jovwgVJiwx\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Amadeo<\/a>, Reviews Editor at <em>Ars Technica<\/em>, uncovered a few lines of code that show the ability to enable and disable advertisements in the KitKat dialer. Here&#8217;s the code:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&lt;string name=&#8221;enable_disable_advertisements&#8221;&gt;Advertisements&lt;\/string&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;string name=&#8221;advertisements_enable&#8221;&gt;Advertisements enabled&lt;\/string&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;string name=&#8221;advertisements_disable&#8221;&gt;Advertisements disabled&lt;\/string&gt;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The new dialer supports searches for local businesses so it would make sense to have promoted results like in <a title=\"Google Maps for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Maps<\/a>. Still, it&#8217;s unknown how Google will implement ads within the dialer, whether it will be text ads or something more substantial.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that the ads can apparently be enabled or disabled, which means users may be able to opt-in or out of receiving advertisements in the dialer.<\/p>\n<p>Find out what&#8217;s new in <a title=\"What's new in Android 4.4 KitKat\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/whats-new-in-android-4-4-kitkat\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android 4.4 KitKat<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/the-softonic-minute-google-the-walking-dead-facebook-messenger-and-battlefield\">The Softonic Minute: Google, The Walking Dead, Facebook Messenger and Battlefield 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/android-4-4-kitkat-available-on-nexus-5-other-devices-in-the-coming-weeks\">Android 4.4 KitKat available on Nexus 5, other devices &#8220;in the coming weeks&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/android-4-4-kitkat-how-to-install-the-update\">Android 4.4 KitKat: How to install the update<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n<p>[Source: <a title=\"Ars Technica\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2013\/11\/google-just-pulled-a-facebook-home-kitkats-primary-interface-is-google-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ars Technica<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android users could be seeing ads in their phone dialer very soon. 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