{"id":55419,"date":"2013-11-13T22:16:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=55419"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:02:08","slug":"android-4-4-kitkat-update-rolling-out-to-wi-fi-nexus-tablets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/android-4-4-kitkat-update-rolling-out-to-wi-fi-nexus-tablets\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 4.4 KitKat update rolling out to Wi-Fi Nexus tablets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nexus 5 isn&#8217;t the only device to feature <a title=\"Android 4.4 KitKat review on Softonic\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/android-4-4-kitkat-review\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android 4.4 KitKat<\/a> any more. Today, Google began rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat to Wi-Fi only Nexus tablets. This applies to both the 2012 and 2013 models of the Nexus 7 tablet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Starting today, Nexus 7 (2012 and 2013) and Nexus 10 will be getting a tasty update to Android 4.4, KitKat<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Android (@Android) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Android\/statuses\/400441100436918272\">November 13, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Owners of Nexus tablets with cellular data will have to wait a bit longer before they get their update to KitKat. Google states the updates are coming but are taking a little while longer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Stay tuned, Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 versions with mobile data will be getting the update soon! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TTRzORl4js\">http:\/\/t.co\/TTRzORl4js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Android (@Android) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Android\/statuses\/400441209841135616\">November 13, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Devices in Google&#8217;s Nexus program always get Android updates first but non-Nexus devices will have to wait. Phone maker HTC promises an update to Android 4.4 KitKat to all capable devices within 90 days. Samsung has not committed to a release date as of yet. Phone manufacturers often have to work closely with carriers in order to push out updates to their phones, taking more time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Softonic on <a title=\"Softonic Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/softonic.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a title=\"Softonic Twitter account\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/softonic_EN\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> for the latest Android news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Android Twitter account\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Android (Twitter)<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/android-4-4-kitkat-review\">Android 4.4 KitKat review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/playstation-app-released-for-ios-and-android\">PlayStation App released for iOS and Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/cyanogenmod-installer-for-android-brings-one-click-rom-install\">CyanogenMod Installer for Android brings one-click ROM install<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nexus 5 isn&#8217;t the only device to feature Android 4.4 KitKat any more. Today, Google began rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat to Wi-Fi only Nexus tablets. This applies to both the 2012 and 2013 models of the Nexus 7 tablet. Starting today, Nexus 7 (2012 and 2013) and Nexus 10 will be getting a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/android-4-4-kitkat-update-rolling-out-to-wi-fi-nexus-tablets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Android 4.4 KitKat update rolling out to Wi-Fi Nexus tablets&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2570],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-55419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionnexus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331821,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55419\/revisions\/331821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55419"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=55419"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=55419"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=55419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}