A tweet from the HTC's Vice President of Product Management, Mo Versi has confirmed that the new Android 6.0 Marshmallow OTA update has started rolling out to the HTC One M8 Google Play Edition (GPE) devices.
According to Christian Today, a list of HTC flagships that will receive the newest platform has been revealed by the company which includes the HTC One M8 Google Play Edition. Nevertheless, though there was a list of devices to receive the update, these smartphones, however, do not have corresponding dates to when it will receive the latest mobile Operating System.
Despite this, some fans have anticipated that the upgrade will be first rolled out to the GPE One M8 for it is a Google edition which is greatly closer to the stock ROM that was formed by Android maker. Moreover, the HTC One M8 GPE was also the first one that acquired the Android Lollipop 5.1.1 among the HTC smartphones when it was released, writes Realty Today.
Now, it has been seen on twitter that Mo Versi has a provided a confirmation that the new Android 6.0 Marshmallow has already rolled out to One M8 GPE. The OTA notifications are already rolling out, and the HTC's vice president, Mo Versi sent its gratitude for those fans that have waited to receive the update with tons of patience.
Phone Arena states that the Android 6.0 Marshmallow delivers Doze to smartphones that is being powered by Google's open source OS. This feature has the ability to shut down apps that would usually be updating in the background whenever the handset is identified of not being used. Thus, this will offer improvements in terms of standby time.
In addition, it will have a Google Now on Tap feature where Google will be allowed to provide users related search results on what it finds at on the screen. The individual permissions request for apps and the native support for fingerprint scanners are included on some of the changes in this update.
The users of HTC One M8 Google Play Edition are now already enjoying the remarkable features and improvements brought by the latest Abdroid 6.0 Marshmallow update. On the other hand, the other HTC flagship for this year, the HTC One M9 could possibly receive the new update shortly.
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