Hot on the heels of the open-source code drop, the Google Play edition HTC One has started receiving its over-the-air update to the latest version of Android, 4.4 KitKat. The 320MB update is arriving automatically on some handsets today — though as usual, not everyone will receive the update right away. As is the case with other non-Nexus 5 devices, the update includes the older stock Android launcher as opposed to the new one with Google Now integrated.
If you want to sideload the update, we've got the download link after the break.
The update weighs in at 305MB. It brings the new ART runtime, which Google is vetting to replace Dalvik. Users have been reporting noticeable speed increases and reduction in lag, but ART still has some way to go as certain apps crash under it.
Anyway, HTC just released the source codes for the stock and framework components of the HTC One GPe.
Samsung did the same for the Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition and while there's no official announcement that the 4.4 KitKat update is ready, it can't be long now. This is also good news for the modding community, which is hard at work to port Android 4.4.
Moving on to other manufacturers, HTC talked about getting Android 4.4 on its devices almost immediately after it was announced. According to the president of HTC America, Google Editions of the One would be first on the list, and the developer and unlocked versions would join it by the end of November. He went on to say HTC One phones locked to a network should see it around February 2014 or earlier if everything went well.
A tweet sent though the HTC USA Twitter account on November 13 confirmed the update for the Google Play edition of the HTC One was with Google, and that it was responsible for pushing the update. Subsequently, HTC also said Android 4.4 would be out for the Developer Edition and SIM-free HTC One before the end of November.
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