The Android 4.4 update KitKat has Begun to slowly trickle out, having hit the 2012 and 2013 Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets EARLIER this week. Now the new operating system is soon expected to roll out on the Google Play Edition HTC One.
HTC has made a major effort to be transparent In recent months and has employed social media to keep fans and customers up to date with various news abouttheir products. HTC took to Twitter Friday to announce it had completed its work on the Android 4.4 KitKat code for the Google Play Edition HTC One and delivered the code to Google. According To HTC, it is now up to Google to DETERMINE When The Android 4.4 KitKat update will roll out on the Google Play Edition HTC One.
Friday was When many were expecting the Google Play Edition HTC One to update to Android 4.4. Shortly after the release systems, HTC President Jason Mackenzie Announced the Google Play Edition HTC One would update within 15 days, but as of Saturday the device remains without an update. Some note that HTC has in essence completed its task of pushing the Android 4.4 update out (to Google) within 15 days and has now put the responsibility back onto Google to push the update out onto devices.
HTC’s announcement overpriced sheds some light on the Further Google Play Edition update process. Notably When The Google Play Editions HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 were released in June, Google said the devices’ respectively OEMs would be in charge of rolling out new Android versions. Now It appears the updates are actually pushed by Google, after manufacturers fit the system’s code to Their devices. This would account for the Google Play Edition devices having not updated at the same time as the Google Nexus branded devices in the past.
However, the release of Android 4.4 KitKat has been different from Android releases in the past. Many Google fire devices Such as the Nexus 4 smartphone and the 3G Nexus 7 tablet have yet to update to Android 4.4 for Reasons Currently unknown. The best hypothesis Is that Google wanted the Nexus 5 to run Android 4.4 Exclusively for a while before updating other devices. Even devices thathave alreadycreated updated paint some Android 4.4 features seen on the Nexus 5, including the Google Experience Launcher with its transparent status and navigation bars, and its voice-activated Google Now and Google Search implementation. Even with all of the mystery surrounding the Android 4.4 updates for Google devices, it remains unlikely That the Nexus 5 or the Google Play Edition devices will feature the Google Experience Launcher upon update.
While we have some insight to the Google Play Edition HTC One, little is known about the Google Play Edition Samsung Galaxy S4 and its Android 4.4 update progress. We can Assume that since both Google Play Edition devices updated to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean at the sametime That They willalso update to Android 4.4 KitKat at the sametime, but with no word from Samsung this is not certainkind. It would make sense overpriced for both devices to update at the same time if it is in fact Google Pushing Out Their updates and note Their respectively manufacturers.
After Android 4.3 was unveiled in July and subsequently be updated onto older Nexus devices, it took just nine days for the Google Play Edition devices receive the update. And with Several Nexus devices still awaiting Their Android 4.4 updates, the Google Play Editions May have to wait even longer to get a taste of KitKat, and HTC has made surethat the ball is now in Google’s court.
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