For many years, the Android platform has had no problems when it comes to popularity. However, in terms of fragmentation, it has not found a solution on how to unite the smartphone OS and make it much stronger. That's about to change with the arrival of Android 4.4 KitKat. 

When it was announced in September, Google promised that Android 4.4 KitKat would be able to run without problems on devices with lower and even outdated specifications. And a recent report confirmed this. 

According to Android Authority, a video of a 4-year old device has gone viral because it runs Android 4.4 KitKat. The device, an HTC HD2, did not even hit the market wearing the Android tag. It was a Windows Mobile device, yet it was able to run the latest Android version thanks to a custom ROM dubbed SlimKat 4.4 Beta 1. 

If you check out the device's specs, it's already considered ancient by today's standards. It features a 1Ghz Qualcomm Scorpion processor and just 512MB RAM, yet it was able to run on Android's latest and fastest version. 

Here's a hands-on video of the HTC HD2 running Android KitKat:

Android KitKat may run well on older devices, and we can commend Google for that. However, if these updates would not arrive in official OTA releases, then distributing them would be very difficult. Unless, of course Google is content with Android KitKat-based custom ROMs. 

In the same report, Google's previous Nexus devices (Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, Nexus One), which are less than four years old, aren't able to get the official OTA update. So what's really the deal with Android KitKat? 

As far as the version is concerned, it really has the capacity to unite most, if not all Android devices. It all ends up to Google whether it will be able to release OTA updates for these devices, starting with its own Nexus lineup.