Google Play Edition of HTC One M8 'Coming Soon' for $699

Update: The HTC One M8 Google Edition is now listed on the Play Store for $699 with a ‘Coming Soon’ tag. On the other hand, HTC has slashed the price of its older HTC One (M7) to $499, which will start shipping in 1-2 business days.

HTC has finally unveiled its next flagship One M8 amidst much fanfare.  Spotted by AndroidCentral , in its Gallery app description , the company has hinted that we may soon see a new variant of the M8 running stock Android.  

The company has mentioned that the Google Play edition of the HTC One M8 will be limited to HTC Photo Edit. However, it still isn’t clear when the company plans to launch the Google Play edition of its newest device.  Google Play edition means the device will offer users pure Android experience sans any Sense UI layers.

Take a look at the app description below:

“The HTC Gallery provides you with a range of fast and easy ways to locate your photos. With Image Match, simply choose a photo with the object or person you want to find and it will locate similar images for you. Timeline View allows you to locate images by day, month or year. And POI Location searches photos that have been taken at a particular place. Now it’s fast and easy to find all the photos you need to. Support for HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition is limited to HTC Photo Edit”

In the past, we have seen Google Play editions for the older HTC One and also Samsung’s Galaxy S4. 

After launching  Android KitKat  alongside the Nexus 5 last year, the new update was released for the  Google Play Editions  of the Samsung  Galaxy S4  and  HTC One  within weeks. Soon after that LG and Sony also decided to get some stock Android love, by launching Google Play editions of the G Pad 8.3  and  Xperia Z Ultra .

Check out our specs battle - HTC One M8 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Sony Xperia Z2 .