Unlocked HTC One M8 Finally Receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Staff Reporter, Tech Times 04 December 2015, 01:12 am

A top HTC executive has confirmed that the unlocked version of the HTC One M8 in the U.S. will get Android 6.0 Marshmallow very soon.

HTC launched and released the One M8 in March 2014. The handset comes pre-installed with Android 4.4 KitKat and it also received Android 5.0 Lollipop software update.

Android has released its latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system to some Nexus devices and select non-Nexus devices in November. In late September, HTC tweeted a list of its devices that will receive the latest Android OS.

As promised by HTC, the Google Play Edition of the HTC One M8 received the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow in November. Now Mo Versi, the vice president of Product Management at HTC, has tweeted that the unlocked variant of the HTC One M8 in the U.S. will start receiving the latest Android OS.

HTC One (M8) unlocked owners! Great news, all testing has been complete and the update for Marshmallow will be sent out within 24 hours. Thx

— Mo Versi (@moversi) December 2, 2015

It is worth noticing that Versi says that the U.S. version of the unlocked HTC One M8 will receive the software update, which means that owners of the smartphone in other regions may have to wait slightly longer to get the OS update. Android 6.0 Marshmallow will bring along a number of features to the HTC One M8. The latest version of the software brings a Doze mode that assists in saving battery life. The Doze mode detects if a handset is not in use and then puts it into sleep mode automatically.

Android Marshmallow also includes an App Standby feature, which puts less often used apps in a reduced activity state and saves battery. Following the software update customers can also extend their device's internal storage capabilities with an SD card.

With Android 6.0 Marshmallow users can also store and run apps from their SD card. A Twitter user also queried when the carrier version of the HTC One M8 will get Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Mo Versi replied that the company is closely working with the carriers and it should be out soon.