One of the most popular Android-based smartphone named Samsung Galaxy S5 is now receiving the new Android 4.4.2 KitKat update. So, keep an eye on your device’s notification bar panel when you should receive an automatically message with this new update.
According to the Sammobile website the new Android 4.4.2 KitKat firmware for Samsung Galaxy S5 is currently pushed out for all European Samsung S5 model.
Then new update for Samsung is Android 4.4.2 and isn’t the latest Android 4.4.4 and we can see that the South Korean Company prefers to launch a slightly older version of Android instead of the new one.
The new Android 4.4.2 comes as a file size of 194 MB especially designed to increase your performances enhancements. Regarding on the size of the file we can say that the update comes with substantial improvements, so the Samsung Galaxy S5 device might actually skip the latest Android 4.4.4 KitKat.
As you probably know that the Samsung Galaxy S5 device was launched with Android 4.4.2 KitKat update out of the box and that’s means all KitKat specific features such as white status bar icons, immersive mode, transparent status and nav bars, cloud printing, color emoji support, security bugs fixes, improvements of the UI were integrated out of the box.
The new Android 4.4.2 update file will be released in phases, that thing means that some of users not be able to download and install it in the same time. Once your Samsung Galaxy S5 device will be able to receive the new firmware notification, you will become eligible to download it an install the same directly from the device’s notification bar. All that you need to do is to tap on it and then follow all the on-screen step by step instructions from there. If the automatically notification message isn’t available then you can perform a manual check under the next path: Settings > About phone > Software updates > Check for software updates.
Another method you can connect the device with your PC by using the USB cord and then you can check for the new update via KIES software.
The new Android 4.4.2 KitKat update is labeled as XXU1ANG2 and as I told you before that it comes such as a file with a size of 194 MB, our recommendation is to download it by using a stable WiFi connection in order to protect your data mobile plan.
Are there any Samsung Galaxy S5 owners who received the new Android 4.4.2 XXU1ANG2 update?
