Android 4.4.3 reportedly enters dogfooding stage, expected to launch soon

A report in Android Police, Google has started dogfooding the Android 4.4.3 release at its Mountain View offices and the public release is expected in the coming weeks. For those of you unaware of the term dogfooding, it is the internal process of testing your own product or code before releasing it to the public.

Android Police notes that around 1 percent of the Google employees are currently testing Android 4.4.3 for the supported Nexus line – Nexus 5, 4, 7 (2012 and 2013) and Nexus 10.

Fixes expected include frequent data connection dropout fix; camera focus in regular and HDR modes fix; power manager display wake lock fix; multiple Bluetooth fixes; random boot fix; USB debugging security fix; app shortcuts security fix; Wi-Fi auto-connect fix; more camera fixes; missed call LED fix; and data usage graph fix. Other fixes include those for MMS, email/exchange, calendar, people/dialler/contacts, DSP, IPv6, VPN, and more.

First revealed in the last few weeks, Android 4.4.3 is expected to be mainly a big-fixing release. The alleged full change-log of the release have already been leaked online. This will be the third smaller KitKat release after Android 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 and there is no word on whether Google will follow up with any other smaller KitKat releases before the next Android version.