Yesterday, just 6 days after Google started rolling out the latest build of Android 4.4.2 Jelly Bean to all its Nexus devices, the team at Mountain View began to push out the exact same upgrade for the Google Play Edition of HTC’s flagship smartphone, the HTC One.
HTC has announced a new black HTC One max that makes its debut in Hong Kong today. As you might have guessed, it looks identical to the black HTC One, save for its rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and significantly larger display, and it carries the same specifications as the original One max.
HTC appears to be struggling to sell its flagship HTC One, despite rave reviews, an expensive marketing campaign, and plenty of praise from pundits and users. So in an effort to shift a few more of them over Christmas, the company is now giving U.S. customers interest-free credit over two years with $0 down to finance an unlocked handset.
A new Google Play Music update is rolling out now, and it brings with it a number of small but significant new features — one of which is the ability to specify where your downloaded music is stored.
The APK also includes code that hints at SD card support for All Access (Google’s music streaming service), Sound Search integration, and URL sharing.
Sprint has started pushing out a minor OTA update to all its carrier-branded HTC One devices registered in the U.S. This upgrade doesn’t bring any major software developments, but it does bring some much-needed stability improvements, including a fix for the issue that repeatedly occurred informing users that “no SIM card” was inserted.
