While we have not heard any official word from HTC about the
Android 4.3 update to the HTC One, it seems the company has started the rollout
in its home-turf, according to reports.
@LlabTooFeR, who claims to be a ROM developer, has posted an
image of the screenshots of the Android 4.3 update for the HTC One Twitter. The
tweet mentions, “HTC One in Taiwan just started getting Android 4.3.”
The latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for the HTC’s
flagship smart phone looks to be available over the air (OTA). The screen
reveals the software build number to be 3.18.709.2 and is about 512MB. The
tweet also mentions that the update brings bug fixes and enhancements for the
HTC One which is majority include battery charging animation in power-off state,
improvements in gallery and camera department with upgrade to colour contrasts
in low-light situations and adding soundtracks to highlights. However, the official
change log has not been revealed, yet.
It was also rumored that with Android 4.3 update, the HTC
One would also receive the new Sense 5.5 UI, however there’s been no mention of
this with the currently reported update.
Last month, a tweet by HTC’s president of global sales,
Jason Mackenzie confirmed that the Android 4.3 update would be rolled out to
the HTC One in US and Canada by the end of September. HTC’s 2013 flagship
smartphone was released in February and natively ran Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
with Sense 5 UI out of the box. Despite the company announcing an update for
the One to Android 4.2.2 in Asia and European markets, the update has not been
rolled out across the globe.
For those unaware, the HTC One comes with a 4.7-inch full-HD
display with 468 pixels per inch packed in an aluminium unibody. It is powered
by a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor alongside 2GB of RAM.
HTC One comes with 32GB and 64GB storage options, but without expandable
storage. Connectivity options include Wi-FI 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n. Bluetooth 4.0,
GPS, NFC, Infrared and Micro-USB.
