And last but not least, the M8 had another honor to its name: the last Google
Play edition handset to be sold before the series was mothballed.
Google announced that it will roll out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Google
Play edition handsets in the «coming weeks.
While it's still a rumour it's looking more likely as Google
Play edition handsets start to vanish from the Play Store.Google
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Android Silver is thought to be Google's new version of its Google
Play edition handsets.
After Google has just released the latest Android OS for some of their Nexus devices but also for some of the Google
Play edition handsets, the Motorola smartphone users will be happy to hear that they are the next in line.
Recent reports have indicated that Google may not launch a Nexus 6 smartphone this year, as it prepares to make the transition from Nexus and Google
Play edition handsets to the Android Silver program.
Not exact matches
This was the start of the Google
Play editions program, through which phone buyers in the U.S. could purchase Googlified versions of popular
handsets from some of the top Android phone makers.
According to published confirmation from Lenovo, the next quarter of 2016 should see the rolling out of the Android Nougat
editions to the
handsets in the Moto Z family (Moto Z, Moto Z Force, Moto Z
Play), and the Moto G4.
Even though HTC already announced a rather fast Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the HTC One (M8) and HTC One (M7) flagship
handsets, only the Google
Play edition versions have received it yet.
For now it looks like a Huawei - made «Google
Play edition»
handset — if such a product is to launch — is in the early stages of planning.
It is soon expected to come to the Google
Play Editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One; however, devices made by OEMS will likely have to wait much longer to see Android 4.3 roll out on their
handsets.
Despite earlier denials, Huawei reportedly now says it's looking into the possibility of a «Google
Play edition» P6 At his company's flashy London launch event for its new Ascend P6
handset last week, Huawei Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu told journalists in no uncertain terms that the manufacturer wasn't interested in putting out a «Google
edition» version of the product it'd...