Google Glass XE16 Update Is Live, Bringing KitKat, Photo Bundles, Sorted Voice Commands, Improved Battery Life, And More
The day Glass Explorers have been anxiously awaiting is finally here, and just in time for the open registration event! After a lengthy 4-month wait, XE16 has emerged and transcended its potential vaporware moniker to became a reality. As we've already learned, this latest installment includes a massive version bump to KitKat, photo bundles, photos in Hangouts, sorted voice commands, and much more.
Installing the update is pretty similar to previous versions, but with one difference: you'll need to do it twice. The first step is a minor version bump to XE12.1, which serves to do little more than prepare Glass for the real update. It takes about a minute to install and restarts Glass after it has finished. Once rebooted, XE16 will be detected and downloaded after a few minutes. This update takes around 5 minutes to install and reboots once during the process. You'll definitely want to keep Glass plugged in the whole time.
There's a chance that Glass Home and a few other services may crash when everything is done. Just clear the notifications or reboot again to get everything working smoothly.
Google has posted the official list of changes here, but Explorers may also want to check out the thread in the private community. One thing that wasn't mentioned elsewhere is that there are some potentially breaking changes to the GDK (Glass Development Kit). Developers can dig through those details in the changelog on Google's Developer Portal for Glass.
After the update has been installed, it's incredibly clear that the upgrade to KitKat brought some significant speed increases, smoother frame rates, and some new animations. But don't take my word for it, try it for yourself!
Source: Glass Community (explorers only), XE16 Release Notes, XE16 Developer Release Notes
source: androidpolice
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