As the first phones get the Android 4.4 KitKat update, Samsung and HTC have both begun preparing for the roll out to Google Play Edition devices. Samsung has posted the kernel source for the GPe Galaxy S4 online at its open source website. The download size of the source is 399MB and has all the open source parts of the update. These bits will only be of use to developers as it is not available as a full system image yet.
HTC too has published the kernel source as well as framework files for the Google Play Edition HTC One. For those keeping track, the software version is 3.58.1700.5 while the Kernel release is 3.4.10. HTC has already submitted the KitKat ROM update to Google and users of the Google Play Edition of the handset should expect to get the update shortly. These files are of interest mostly to developers. The file size is 371.7MB for the framework while the Kernel source is 99.8MB. The Google Play Editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One are essentially the same as handsets as the standard version but they run a stock version of Android and hence get faster updates.
[Via – Android Police]