HTC took to Twitter this afternoon to announce that the Android 4.4 KitKat build for the HTC One Google Play Edition is finished and has been sent to Google for distribution. Google has not chimed in yet, so we don’t exactly know when they will be flipping the switch to push out the OTA update for the handset. We’re hoping the good folk at Google will sort things out and release the HTC One GPe Android 4.4 update before the weekend it out.
While it has been 15 days since Google officially unveiled Android 4.4, HTC’s build for the One GPe may make its way to phones before Google has a chance to push out the Android 4.4 update to the Nexus 4. That would certainly be an impressive feature for HTC.
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
If they do. I would be very impressed. I have been waiting on my 4.3 update on One handset. I wouldn’t mind skipping it for the 4.4. I have only ever had HTC phones. I think they are the best. But when it comes to updates. They seem to fall behind schedule. That’s the only weakness I have found. If they can step their game up. It would make me a very proud HTC One Verizon handset owner.
They’re talking about the Google edition of the One, the Verizon version is supposed to get 4.4 by the end of January.