The HTC One M8 should have received the Android 5.0 Lollipop update 90 days after the OS was released to HTC, but it seems the company has to delay rolling out the OTA for the flagship. After reports stated that the HTC One M8 would be getting Android 5.0 Lollipop last Friday, it seems the rollout couldn’t be started, even though we’ve seen screenshots of Sense and Lollipop running in unison on the flagship.
HTC has been working on Sense 6 in order to integrate it in the best way possible into Android 5.0 Lollipop and send it out to anxious HTC One M8 users. The new update and the upcoming HTC One M9 are the company’s attempt to get back in the saddle after dwindling revenues on the smartphone market. It seems Samsung has it worse, though, so HTC can calm down a bit and focus on creating a good phone and a good Sense 6 instead of rushing to release something that isn’t perfect. Since Android 5.0 Lollipop has its own bugs, we’re sure HTC would like the HTC One M8 OTA to be as stable as possible, and that’s probably why they’ve delayed the rollout until Google manages to fix the remaining problems with the mobile OS.
This is how Android 5.0 Lollipop with Sense 6 will look like on the HTC One M8
We should note that the November 21 update schedule only involved the Google Play Edition HTC One M8 and HTC One M7. Nonetheless, screenshots of Sense 6 on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop show that HTC did a great job integrating the UI with the OS and will surely cater to fans of stock Android, since the modifications Sense UI received reflect Lollipop more than they do Sense. That means HTC picked up on the fact that most Android fans prefer stock Android to different skins and will probably release a pretty stock-like Android 5.0 Lollipop/Sense 6 update to the HTC One M8. While we still don’t have an official date for when the HTC One M8 will receive the Lollipop treatment, HTC says it still is within the 90 day window they had promised upon receiving the Android 5.0 Lollipop build.