HTC says the One M9 and One M8 will see Android 6.0 Marshmallow by year's end

Google may have just announced that Android 6.0 Marshmallow would begin rolling out to current Nexus devices beginning next week, but HTC handset owners will have to wait a bit longer. Jason Mackenzie, President of HTCAmerica, has just announced all of the HTCdevices that will eventually get the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Of the twelve current devices on the list, the One M9 and One M8 are expected to get the update by the end of 2015. It should be noted that certain carrier variants of these devices might not get the updates right away, but at least Marshmallow will begin to roll out by year’s end.

Here’s the full list of HTCdevices that will receive the update:

• HTC One M9
• HTC One M8
• HTC One M9+
• HTC One E9+
• HTC One E9
• HTC One ME
• HTC One E8
• HTC One M8 EYE
• HTC Butterfly 3
• HTC Desire 826
• HTC Desire 820
• HTC Desire 816

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Earlier today HTCannounced that it would unveil its new hero smartphone on Tuesday, October 20th. Not many details were given about the new device in the invitation, except for the email header that reads “Meet the new Marshmallow from HTCon 10/20”. We’ll of course bring you the details on this new device as more information surfaces, so stay tuned!