It used to be that if you wanted an Android(s goog) phone that would be among the first to get the newest version of Android software, there was a single option: a Nexus device. I think it’s safe to say there’s a solid second option with Motorola’s phone line as the company is now pushing out Android 4.4 — aka: KitKat — to the Moto G, a phone that has been on sale for just barely over a month.

Motorola has definitely underpromised and overdelivered on this update. That’s a smart strategy in a sea of Android phones of updates “coming soon.” At the Moto G launch event, the company promised an Android 4.4 update for the handset in early 2014. Yet here we are just before the year-end holiday season and Moto G owners are getting an early gift.

Even better: While I haven’t tested the Moto G…