HTC Delivers KitKat Code For Play Edition One To Google

HTC delivers KitKat code for Play Edition One to Google

BY Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh is a 26-year old freelance writer from Kolkata, India. He loves to tinker around with his Android devices and flash custom ROMs on them....

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Published 16 Nov 2013

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Every time Google releases a new version of Android, OEMs provide an estimated timeframe within which they expect to update their flagship devices to the latest version of Android.

When Google released Android 4.4 KitKat on October 31st, HTC was quick to announce that it would be rolling out the KitKat update for the GPe edition One within 15 days, with the developer unlocked units getting the KitKat with Sense update within 60 days.

Good news, we've delivered KitKat code to Google for HTC One GPE. Timing of push via PlayStore to be determined by Google.

— HTC USA (@HTCUSA) November 15, 2013

Today, the company took to Twitter to announce that it has delivered the KitKat code for the GPe edition of One to Google. Now, after Google is done with its quality checks, it will be up to the company to allow HTC to start pushing the update to One GPe owners.

It is really refreshing to see an OEM be so transparent about its software update roll-out process. Samsung on the other hand, has been mum about the KitKat update for the GPe S4 and other Galaxy devices.