The Google Play version of HTC's new flagship phone comes with Android working how Google thinks it should work, including with swift updates.
Google If you want to buy a phone that marries the HTC One M8's slick new design with Google's version of the Android interface, you can buy it right now -- but you won't get it immediately.
The Google Play version of the HTC One M8 is now for sale on the Google Play store in the US for a price of $699 (the link may not work outside the US). That's an unlocked version that works on GSM networks such as those from AT&T and T-Mobile.
Handset makers such as Huawei, LG Electronics, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Motorola all customize Android to different degrees with their own features and graphics, but a lot of people prefer Google's Android flavor as cleaner and less bloated -- and that's updated more swiftly. That's the OS that comes with the Nexus series of phones, and it's what's available on the Google Play variations of non-Nexus phones.
"The Google Play edition phones automatically receive updates of the latest Android software," Google said on the site. They're "Optimized for the latest apps, [offer] more storage for your content, and [have] a fast, clean user experience."
There's a wait for the Google Play version of the HTC One M8, though. The shipment time right now shows as two to three weeks.
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