neowin[.]net/news/google-ending-support-for-android-44-kitkat-after-nearly-10-years/
If you're like me, you don't have the latest, greatest [& most expensive] Android tablet &/or cell phone, but if you've got anything still running Android 4.4, it's time to retire it, or if you're more adventurous, try to find & install a newer, sort of DIY ROM. There's a community of nice folks adapting newer versions of the open source Android to work on older devices.