Hi Z1 Kitkat updaters, how is it fared to what I've posted way back when the Z2 dump files are shown? Can you enumerate below which of which are not included and so far, not been rumored to have but already had in the Z1 KK update? Thanks.
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Sony Xperia Z1 Android 4.4 Kitkat update shortlist (As of 2/28/2014)
Android 4.4 Kitkat Native Features
- Transparent navigation and status bars
- White status bar icons
- Immersive mode on selected Sony Multimedia Apps (Album and Movies)
- Better RAM optimization (Do not expect with this as Sony will be adding more features)
- Choice of default Messaging app
- Choice of default Android Launcher (Will be added with Xperia Simple Home Launcher on 4.4)
- Emoji on Google Keyboard (Will be added also on the new Xperia Keyboard for 4.4)
- Cloud printing
- Audio tunneling (low-power music streaming, in which Qualcomm should support with their SoC)
- Extension to Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3 (Notice that the volume on the Bluetooth device, for example, SBH-20, is not the same with the volume of the phone. WIth this feature, it will give absolute volume on the system to Bluetooth devices.)
- Native IR blaster support (good for Xperia ZL and Tablet Z)
- System-wide Closed captioning (subtitles)
- Choice of GPS Accuracy Mode
- Notification listener services (manage notifications to show)
- Scrubbing of music on lockscreen
- *Support for step counter and step detection sensors (built-in sensors inside Xperia Z2)
Xperia Camera Apps Update
- *4K Video app, Ultra-High Definition video recording (4K2K video, 4096 x 2160 resolution in cinematic 1.89:1 aspect ratio)
- *Timeshift Video app, lets you record 120 fps, 720p video, after which, you can edit multiple parts for slow motion or fast motion playback. It also saves two files, one with the edited video with 30fps parts and one with native 120fps playback.
- *Creative Effects app, (an update to Picture Effects app), where you can now utilize the effects not just only for photo, but also for video recording. You can also change effects in real-time.
- Background Defocus app, an app currently exclusive to Xperia Z1s where it captures 2 photos simultaneously and adds bokeh to the focused picture. You can also edit how much background defocus you want to simulate, as well as to choose from three blurring effects (2 motion blurs, vertical and horizontal, and a Gaussian blur)
- AR Effects app, adding video recording with augmented reality effects and soon update to new AR effects
- Superior Auto, adding aspect ratio option for 8 MP images (4:3 or 16:9)
- Manual camera app update adds HDR to 20.7 MP picture, addition of 15.5 megapixel photo resolution and 1080p 60 fps as well as VGA (640x480) 30fps video recording
- Vine camera app, directly records short videos for Vine social app
- *Portrait Retouch app, which you can see your face being retouched in real-time.
- Addition of new third-party Xperia Camera apps in Play Store (Perfectly Clear, Vintage 8mm camera, Camera 2, FlightRadar24 Pro) and more to come.
System Wide Xperia Update
- New Xperia boot animation patterned to Sony Playstation 4 UI
- Sony Multimedia Apps (Walkman, Album and Movies) now use native Google-style side menu
- Movies app updated with thinner information display on video playback and zoom function for video (especially in 4K video playback)
- Movie Creator app, letting you edit videos with trim and playback speed options
- Smart backlight control (keeping screen on while using the phone without touching)
- Smart call handling (answer and reject calls, as well as turn off ringer, using motion control)
- *Double tap to wake (similar to Xperia Tablet Z's feature)
- Answering Machine
- New Dialer options after end of call
- *Choice of Audio accessories for a wide range of input/output devices to be connected. This will enable external devices, for example, the Sony Stereo Mic STM10, to be used as default recording microphone instead of the built-in stereo mic.
- *Hi-Resolution Audio output to USB DAC or DAC amplifier
- *Digital Noise Cancelling (DNC). (Now only works with Xperia Z2 since its headphone jack adds another pin for DNC)
- Addition of themes to Xperia Themes, opening Xperia Themes SDK to public
- New notification and Quick Settings drop down. Holding a quick setting now will direct you to the advanced settings
- Power Management for Accessories (enable power management for Smartwatch and other devices)
- Sony's What's New app for Sony Select and Sony Multimedia updates (Music and Video Unlimited)
- "Close All" option in the Recent Apps section
- New widgets including TouchBlock for water resistant devices
- New Calendar App with weather forecast for the week
- New Xperia lockscreen layout with camera shortcut on the bottom and new lockscreen animation
*Note that all of the updates in asterisk is still not sure for Z1 if it will carry through with the upcoming Kitkat update
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so, does new .681 update has hamburger menu afterall?
Sony Xperia Z1 Android 4.4 Kitkat update list of Feature I can't find on current Z1 Kitkat (Quite disappointed about the performance of the phone after update though - not better but even worse in some cases)
Android 4.4 Kitkat Native Features
- Better RAM optimization (Do not expect with this as Sony will be adding more features) - Not better for me
- Choice of default Android Launcher (Will be added with Xperia Simple Home Launcher on 4.4) - Only Z Ultra have it
- Audio tunneling (low-power music streaming, in which Qualcomm should support with their SoC) - Don't know about this so not sure
- Extension to Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3 (Notice that the volume on the Bluetooth device, for example, SBH-20, is not the same with the volume of the phone. WIth this feature, it will give absolute volume on the system to Bluetooth devices.) - Don't know about this so not sure
- System-wide Closed captioning (subtitles) - Don't know about this so not sure
- *Support for step counter and step detection sensors (built-in sensors inside Xperia Z2)
Xperia Camera Apps Update
- *4K Video app, Ultra-High Definition video recording (4K2K video, 4096 x 2160 resolution in cinematic 1.89:1 aspect ratio)
- *Timeshift Video app, lets you record 120 fps, 720p video, after which, you can edit multiple parts for slow motion or fast motion playback. It also saves two files, one with the edited video with 30fps parts and one with native 120fps playback.
- Background Defocus app, an app currently exclusive to Xperia Z1s where it captures 2 photos simultaneously and adds bokeh to the focused picture. You can also edit how much background defocus you want to simulate, as well as to choose from three blurring effects (2 motion blurs, vertical and horizontal, and a Gaussian blur)
- 1080p 60 fps as well as VGA (640x480) 30fps video recording
- *Portrait Retouch app, which you can see your face being retouched in real-time.
System Wide Xperia Update
- Sony Multimedia Apps (Walkman, Album and Movies) now use native Google-style side menu
- Smart backlight control (keeping screen on while using the phone without touching)
- Smart call handling (answer and reject calls, as well as turn off ringer, using motion control)
- *Double tap to wake (similar to Xperia Tablet Z's feature)
- *Choice of Audio accessories for a wide range of input/output devices to be connected. This will enable external devices, for example, the Sony Stereo Mic STM10, to be used as default recording microphone instead of the built-in stereo mic.
- *Hi-Resolution Audio output to USB DAC or DAC amplifier
- *Digital Noise Cancelling (DNC). (Now only works with Xperia Z2 since its headphone jack adds another pin for DNC)
- Power Management for Accessories (enable power management for Smartwatch and other devices)
- Sony's What's New app for Sony Select and Sony Multimedia updates (Music and Video Unlimited)
- "Close All" option in the Recent Apps section
not been rumored to have but already had in the Z1 KK update: sluggish performance occationally and not so improved camera
jatinrungta said:
so, does new .681 update has hamburger menu afterall?
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Nope.
Regards,
acervenky,
XPT
- *Choice of Audio accessories for a wide range of input/output devices to be connected. This will enable external devices, for example, the Sony Stereo Mic STM10, to be used as default recording microphone instead of the built-in stereo mic.
I was told this would not work for z1... But is this real?
The built in mic is ridiculous...
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See that
Archos 80/101 G9
Firmware changes
Version 3.2.46 - September 23rd, 2011
Google applications: Google talk is now part of the firmware
Audio/applications: improved volume control (better volume range, less glitches on notifications) leading to faster gaming experience on some 3rd party applications
Wi-Fi: fix low throughput on some access points when using WPA2/AES encryption
Camera: improve camera quality in high and low light condition
Flash: added acceleration support
Archos applications: many enhancements and fixes on Videoplayer, MediaCenter and Mediascrapper
Media center: new elastic and overshoot effect on cover roll edges
File Browser: better action support on multiple selections
Media Scrapper: better handling and cleaning of data base in case of file removal
Photo Frame: Floating Image 3.1.9 is integrated with fixed Picasa support, better background rendering and better memory management
Music player: better protection of music player to avoid to get it killed under low memory condition
Display: better quality SD video upscaling (e.g. on 1080p display)
Video: improve SMI subtitle support
Internationalization: Arabic and Hebrew translations have been integrated and a new specific "Archos keyboard" application has been included for supporting Hebrew and Arabic
Network shares: shortcuts can be created by long press on a remote video folder in Archos media center
Network shares: more robust streaming in case of IP renewal
Memory: smaller memory footprint
3G key: updated APN list
Power off: make sure to clear all alarms when powering off
Hard drive based unit: enhanced power management
Security: apply security fixes from google about DigiNotar CA certificate
http://www.jbmm.fr/2011/10/g9-firmware-3-2-46-en-ligne-mais-attention/
wonder if a new subsection ned to be added, as this new model is completely different hardware speaking.
and as omap4 is the next platform, woulb be nice to start tweaking on archos device as its the first available with honeycomb 3.2 + omap
Kit kat outline
-as little as 512MB RAM. targeted recommendations and options to run Android 4.4 efficiently, even on low-memory devices
-NFC-based transactions through Host Card Emulation
-Android apps can now print any type of content over Wi-Fi or cloud-hosted services such as Google Cloud Print.
-A build in a document provider
-support for hardware sensor batching, a new optimization that can dramatically reduce power consumed by ongoing sensor activities.
-new full-screen immersive mode that lets you create full-bleed UIs reaching from edge to edge on phones and tablets, hiding all system UI
-make it easier to create high-quality animations in your app
-Chromium WebView provides broad support for HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It supports most of the HTML5 features available in Chrome for Android 30. It also brings an updated version of the JavaScript Engine (V8) that delivers dramatically improved JavaScript performance.
-provides a screen recording utility
-MPEG-DASH and other formats that enables seamless change in resolution during playback
-Common Encryption for DASH
-HTTP Live Streaming
-Audio Tunneling to DSP platform support for audio tunneling to a digital signal processor (DSP) in the device chipset. With tunneling, audio decoding and output effects
-Audio monitoring
-Loudness enhancer
-Audio timestamps for improved AV sync, audio output HAL to applications
-GPU acceleration , GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger, New Hardware Composer support for virtual displays
-Bluetooth HID over GATT (HOGP),extension to Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3
-built-in IR blasters
-Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS).
any many security tweaking
Can not wait !
That mean sony have not excuse to not provide xperia z because it has 2 gb ram
Nice something new after 2 years of the borring Jelly bean
marcoplo said:
Kit kat outline
-as little as 512MB RAM. targeted recommendations and options to run Android 4.4 efficiently, even on low-memory devices
-NFC-based transactions through Host Card Emulation
-Android apps can now print any type of content over Wi-Fi or cloud-hosted services such as Google Cloud Print.
-A build in a document provider
-support for hardware sensor batching, a new optimization that can dramatically reduce power consumed by ongoing sensor activities.
-new full-screen immersive mode that lets you create full-bleed UIs reaching from edge to edge on phones and tablets, hiding all system UI
-make it easier to create high-quality animations in your app
-Chromium WebView provides broad support for HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It supports most of the HTML5 features available in Chrome for Android 30. It also brings an updated version of the JavaScript Engine (V8) that delivers dramatically improved JavaScript performance.
-provides a screen recording utility
-MPEG-DASH and other formats that enables seamless change in resolution during playback
-Common Encryption for DASH
-HTTP Live Streaming
-Audio Tunneling to DSP platform support for audio tunneling to a digital signal processor (DSP) in the device chipset. With tunneling, audio decoding and output effects
-Audio monitoring
-Loudness enhancer
-Audio timestamps for improved AV sync, audio output HAL to applications
-GPU acceleration , GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger, New Hardware Composer support for virtual displays
-Bluetooth HID over GATT (HOGP),extension to Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3
-built-in IR blasters
-Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS).
any many security tweaking
Can not wait !
That mean sony have not excuse to not provide xperia z because it has 2 gb ram
Nice something new after 2 years of the borring Jelly bean
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More like for the Sony Xperia S as it has seen the least support
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I've played around with screenrecord feature of KitKat. It appears that on default settings video quality and framerate are barely usable. So I've picked the best possible presets (minimal lag and acceptable video quality) for two of my devices - Nexus7 1st gen and Nexus10. If you use screen recording this might be useful for you.
Here is a link to my article on this: androidworks-kea.blogspot.com/2013/11/developers-notes-iv-presets-for-screen.html
• Can you take panoramic photos without gyroscope with 3rd party apps? Like uCam or A Better Camera?
• Can you play Need for speed Most Wanted and racing games?
• Is fm radio present in european version? How long it can play till battery runs out? Does it works only with original headphones ??
• is there really slow motion and hdr video? Is 30 fps recorded video smooth enough for pleasant viewing? Is image stabilisation works good when referring and would it be better with gyroscope?
• I have read that inside is gyroscope but its not active, true or false?
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- Panorama photos should be OK... Photosphere would be a no.
- Racing games use the accelerometer; not the gyroscope
- I can't see why FM Radio wouldn't be present in the European one - if for some reason it is, I'm sure the APK from a Canadian one would work.
- Not sure on FM battery life, but any headphones will work (phone doesn't come with headphones anyways).
- No HDR video, and slow-motion video is capped at 540p
- If there's a gyro, no utility has confirmed it. I'd lean towards "No" as even the disabled "chop chop" flashlight gesture is seen in utilities that show available sensors.
For owners of the SM-G9750 (S10+ CN / HK model), I'm trying to get some verification here on a possible software issue. I'm trying to play a 4K video file locally (specifically a 4K HDR H.265 / HEVC MKV @ 24fps video, but I believe this bug may apply to all UHD video playback - I'm not sure as I haven't done enough testing) and it seems to be dropping frames and stuttering throughout. I cannot get it to play smoothly despite trying all of the following:
Setting the phone to Performance mode.
Trying different players - in this case, the default video player, MX Player Pro and VLC.
Moving the video player app to Game Launcher and optimizing them for performance.
Forced 2D GPU Rendering in Developer Options.
Changing display resolution from WQHD to FHD.
Moving the video file from SD card to internal storage.
Disabling / uninstalling all apps which use Accessibility Services.
Clearing cache.
Factory reset.
None of these worked. ---UNTIL--- I tried using the screen recorder, from the Game Launcher settings, whilst watching the video. Playback was then perfect! No dropped frames, completely smooth, like it should be. The other alternative was to use software decoding but then colours would appear muted and battery life takes a huge hit.
So what's the deal here? Is the CPU or GPU not kicking in / being throttled whenever I launch a video player app? I'm assuming this is the case as the screen recorder seems to boost playback performance once I activate it. I'm on the June update and I'm not sure if this bug was introduced recently (I never tested 4K playback until now).
Owners of this particular model, could you please confirm if you are having this issue? Try watching a 4K video with lots of action and camera panning movements - that's where you can detect dropped frames or stuttering easily. I could provide the file I'm using for reference but it's a clip from a movie and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share it here.
Okay since no one has replied and moderators on the Samsung forums are busy removing my posts - try this clip for example, it's 4K HDR encoded in H.265 / HEVC, I don't know if that makes a difference:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/m83ftn7n8d8le2s/Plane_Crash_Scene.mp4/file
Stutters in the default video player app for me. One thing to note is that it's smooth in portrait mode, but the moment you rotate into landscape fullscreen, it starts dropping frames. Now, turn on the screen recorder from within game tools and the stutters are mostly eliminated. What gives?
Another way to compare would be with a video player that lets you switch between hardware and software decoding, like MX Player. Watch the clip in HW mode and then switch to SW - it's choppier in HW mode for whatever reason. Using SW is not an option as the colours are not displayed properly and battery drain is much higher.
Regarding the clip - if it's against the rules to post such content, let me know and I'll remove it. There's a whole YouTube channel full of this stuff, I don't want to link to those as the problem I'm encountering is related to local video playback.
One last try before I sign off Here's another example if anyone has YouTube Vanced (google vanced.app for those unaware). I'm suggesting Vanced because the original YouTube app doesn't let you view at 4K resolution.
Firstly, open Vanced and tap the account icon in the upper right. Go to settings, Vanced settings, Video settings and then toggle Resolution Checks to ON. Refresh and restart the app.
Now open Game Launcher, tap the three dots in the upper right > Add apps and add YouTube Vanced to the list. We're doing this for the screen recording function which I'll mention later.
Once that's done, here's a 4K 60fps clip for you to try. It should be easier to perceive any hiccups with the higher frame rate. And of course, please set the resolution to 2160p (tap the three dots in the upper right) and watch in landscape orientation, since this is what the test is all about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb3EKWsInQ
Panning shots work best. For reference, see the one of the step trail at 2:42 in the video. Does it look like it's stuttering or dropping frames intermittently?
Now, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to show the navigation bar (you need the navigation bar enabled to use the recording function) and tap on Game Tools, which is the leftmost button. Tap Record.
While the screen is recording, are the stutters now gone? To my eyes, the video is definitely smoother while the recorder is active. Appreciate any feedback from those willing to try (and confirm if I'm insane or not!) - cheers!