This means you should be able to install support for other printers via an app from Google Play and they’ll integrate with Android’s printing system. It’s a built-in system feature that supports both Google Cloud Print and HP ePrint by default, but developers can add support for new types of printers using the API. RELATED: How (and Why) to Get Started with Google Cloud PrintĪndroid now includes a printing framework. Any app can listen for incoming SMS messages, but only a single app - the user’s default SMS app - can send SMS messages.
On Android 4.4, Hangouts registers itself as a “SMS provider.” Any other SMS app can also choose to register itself as an SMS provider, becoming the default messaging app. This feature also isn’t exclusive to Android 4.4, but is also available on older versions of Android along with a recent update to Hangouts. Google’s Hangouts app - the replacement for Google Talk - now has integrated SMS support, eliminating the need for the separate Messaging app. For example, Netflix’s red app will look better with gray system icons than blue ones. In theory, this will provide a more neutral canvas for app developers. The options in the quick settings panel are also gray, as are the accents on the official Google Keyboard. The battery, Wi-Fi, and cellular icons on Android’s status bar, for example, are now gray. The most immediately noticeable change is the shift from the Tron-like neon blue of Android’s Holo interface to a new, neutral gray color. The dialer is now powered by Google search.
This feature is enabled by default, but you can disable it if you like. Whenever you get a phone call, Android can now query Google’s servers to provide caller ID information for you. For example, you can open the dialer, search for “pizza,” and quickly call a nearby pizza place. Google is currently only officially offering the Google Experience Launcher on the Nexus 5, so you’ll have to activate it yourself on other devices - even other Nexus devices, like the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7.Īndroid 4.4’s new dialer also allows you to search for businesses and dial their phone numbers - right from the dialer. You can easily install the Google Experience Launcher on any Android device running Android 4.1 or later.
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