HTC Updates in APP Store needed?

[TBoltJ]

I see many updates in the App store for HTC appearing on my phone, mostly updated in July. Any idea what these are? Were they part of the last Kit Kat/Sense update? Looking at them I dont see any differences. The following are showing for update: Blinkfeed, Clock, Gallery, Lock Screen, Sense Input, Sense Input-ZH, Sense TV and Service Pack. Any insight would be appreciated.

I compared the version numbers and all of those in the app store have higher versions so are newer. Anyone tried these yet? Mixed reviews on the app store.

 

[B. Diddy]

HTC regularly updates its apps through Google Play--I don't think it has to do with any recent system update.

 

[KSDroid01]

I see many updates in the App store for HTC appearing on my phone, mostly updated in July. Any idea what these are? Were they part of the last Kit Kat/Sense update? Looking at them I dont see any differences. The following are showing for update: Blinkfeed, Clock, Gallery, Lock Screen, Sense Input, Sense Input-ZH, Sense TV and Service Pack. Any insight would be appreciated.

I compared the version numbers and all of those in the app store have higher versions so are newer. Anyone tried these yet? Mixed reviews on the app store.

In the past, the only way HTC had to update Sense elements was through OTA firmware updates, which often got tied up in long, torturous carrier approval processes. Fairly recently HTC (and others, including Motorola) has begun splitting out components of their UI skin as separate apps, and pushing out updates through Google Play. This allows them to get improvements directly to users much more quickly, and much more granularly, than through OTA firmware updates. This is a huge improvement over the old system imo, and best of all in my mind is that you are not obligated to upgrade any particular component...if you don't like what HTC changed, or if new bugs were introduced, just stick with what you have.

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