Just upgraded to KitKat

[desura]

So what's the big takeaway with this update?

Did they change scrolling? It seems faster and closer to iOS scrolling now in responsiveness and speed.

 

[Yuriman]

Kitkat has some battery life improvements, some security improvements, and now runs better on lower end devices (needs fewer resources). Specific to your phone, you'll notice camera improvements.

A slightly more comprehensive but easy to read changelist:
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/97143/action/auth

 

[trmiv]

To me it seems to run smoother overall. Also even on Touchwiz the various music player apps will take over the entire lockscreen with the album art, which is a nice touch. Also has built in printing support.

 

[zerogear]

To me it seems to run smoother overall. Also even on Touchwiz the various music player apps will take over the entire lockscreen with the album art, which is a nice touch. Also has built in printing support.

I think that was actually implemented 4.0 or 4.1.

 

[Yuriman]

I think that was actually implemented 4.0 or 4.1.

For whatever reason, moving from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 enabled this for me too with Poweramp and Mortplayer. I didn't have lockscreen album art before my update, and had it afterward, without changing any settings.

 

[sweenish]

I think that was actually implemented 4.0 or 4.1.

Nope, KitKat. Specifically, the album art becoming the lockscreen wallpaper. I don't recall off-hand when lock-screen music controls made their debut. I'm leaning 4.2, but don't really know.

 

[trmiv]

Yea I got lockscreen controls before but just a small box. Now the album art takes over the entire lockscreen and the controls are overlayed. Looks nice.

 

[desura]

To me it seems to run smoother overall. Also even on Touchwiz the various music player apps will take over the entire lockscreen with the album art, which is a nice touch. Also has built in printing support.

Yes, a few apps do seem to run a little smoother without some quirks.

I assume this has to do with better memory management.

One thing I notice a lot and post a lot about is scrolling on android and kitkat seems to have improved its scrolling relative to jelly bean so there is slightly less latency.

 

[GoodEnough]

Faster!

 

[Rdmkr]

I've had two LG G2's side by side, one with a gimpy antutu score of around 26000 (on kitkat 4.2 already; I know 4.4 lowers the score but this was for another reason), another with an above average score of 35000. flashed kitkat on the lower scoring one, kept 4.2 on the high scoring one and compared the app opening times and interface lag. The low scoring phone with kitkat won by a significant margin.