{"id":205231,"date":"2021-03-18T09:40:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T06:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-was-htc-sense-and-how-did-it-change-android\/"},"modified":"2021-03-18T09:40:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T06:40:05","slug":"what-was-htc-sense-and-how-did-it-change-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-htc-sense-and-how-did-it-change-android\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Was HTC Sense, and How Did It Change Android?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a297d54c2881\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a297d54c2881\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-htc-sense-and-how-did-it-change-android\/#HTC_Made_the_First_Android_Phone\" >HTC Made the First Android Phone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-htc-sense-and-how-did-it-change-android\/#HTCs_Long_Relationship_with_Android\" >HTC\u2019s Long Relationship with Android<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-htc-sense-and-how-did-it-change-android\/#What_Is_HTC_Sense\" >What Is HTC Sense?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-htc-sense-and-how-did-it-change-android\/#Why_Was_HTC_Sense_Important\" >Why Was HTC Sense Important?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#What Was HTC Sense, and How Did It Change Android?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-717362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Untitled.png\" alt=\"HTC Sense on a phone\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" data-credittext=\"Joe Fedewa\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Joe Fedewa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Windows and macOS still kicking around, we don\u2019t think of Android as an \u201cold\u201d operating system, but it is. The history of Android is littered with big moments. One thing that made a lasting imprint is HTC Sense.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"HTC_Made_the_First_Android_Phone\"><\/span>HTC Made the First Android Phone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>HTC releases the occasional smartphone, but its involvement in the Android ecosystem is drastically smaller than it used to be. HTC was the <em>original<\/em> Android manufacturer, producing the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTC_Dream\">T-Mobile G1<\/a> for Google back in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>You could say that HTC is responsible for Android\u2019s success simply because it made the first Android phone. That certainly got the ball rolling, but the company\u2019s software skin, HTC Sense, was its true lasting contribution.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"HTCs_Long_Relationship_with_Android\"><\/span>HTC\u2019s Long Relationship with Android<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As previously mentioned, HTC and Android go way back. After the company produced the first Android phone for Google, it pumped out a bunch of its own branded Android phones. These devices were actually much more popular than the G1 and available on more carriers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, HTC devices were considered the cream of the crop in the Android world. Before Verizon got the iPhone in 2010, it was the exclusive home to several high-end HTC smartphones that were very popular.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-717364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/htc-eris.jpg\" alt=\"htc droid eris\" width=\"650\" height=\"458\" data-credittext=\"Joe Fedewa\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">HTC Droid Eris <span class=\"imagecredit\">Joe Fedewa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite its own branded devices doing well, HTC kept working with Google for a long time. It produced the Nexus One and T-Mobile G2 in 2010. Then, after a long hiatus, HTC made the original Pixel in 2016 and the Pixel 2 in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, HTC has released a few mid-range smartphones and a couple of high-end 5G devices, but this is nothing compared to the early days. While HTC has always made great hardware, its software is what really shined.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_HTC_Sense\"><\/span>What Is HTC Sense?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>HTC Sense is what is commonly referred to as a software \u201cskin.\u201d It\u2019s a customization layer on top of the operating system, which, in this case, is Android. Manufacturers use skins to differentiate their devices.<\/p>\n<p>There are tons of devices running Android, but Android doesn\u2019t always look the same. The software on a Samsung phone looks drastically different than the software on a Google Pixel phone, yet they\u2019re both running Android.<\/p>\n<p>HTC Sense is simply the skin that HTC uses on its own branded devices. There have been several big updates to Sense\u2019s design, but it has probably changed the least out of all Android skins. HTC still uses it on devices today.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to think of Sense as a skin, but there\u2019s actually quite a bit more to it than that. Beyond the aesthetic changes, Sense also includes a suite of exclusive features, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s, and widgets. Sense is what makes an HTC phone an HTC phone rather than just an <em>HTC-made<\/em> phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Are Android Skins?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Was_HTC_Sense_Important\"><\/span>Why Was HTC Sense Important?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-717365 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stock-vs-sense.jpg\" alt=\"stock android 2.0 vs sense 2.1\" width=\"648\" height=\"482\" data-credittext=\"Google | Joe Fedewa\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stock Android 2.0 vs HTC Sense 2.1 <span class=\"imagecredit\">Google | Joe Fedewa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To understand HTC Sense\u2019s importance, we have to go back to the T-Mobile G1 again. The Android version that launched on the G1 looked extremely basic. It was a barebones operating system without much flair. Very utilitarian.<\/p>\n<p>HTC\u2019s first two Android devices featured this barebones version of Android, but in October 2009, the company launched the HTC Hero, the first phone with HTC Sense. This was around the same time that other manufacturers started making Android devices, too, but HTC Sense was easily the nicest looking of the bunch.<\/p>\n<p>This is why HTC Sense was so important. The \u201cskin\u201d became a reason to buy a certain Android device over another Android device. Even if the other device had better specifications, many people preferred HTC devices for the Sense software. The skin itself was a \u201cfeature\u201d that people wanted.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-717363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/htc-sense-UI.jpg\" alt=\"HTC Sense 2.1\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" data-credittext=\"Joe Fedewa\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">HTC Sense 2.1 <span class=\"imagecredit\">Joe Fedewa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HTC Sense had personalization options, beautiful widgets, shiny icons, a nice home screen launcher, useful built-in apps, and a polished UI with more dark elements. Sense felt like software that had been designed for people to use rather than a development platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Get the HTC Sense Weather &amp; Clock Widget on Android<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HTC\u2019s lasting impact on Android was forcing the other manufacturers, and perhaps most importantly, Google itself, to take design seriously. Nowadays, \u201cplain\u201d Android, which can be found on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/68813\/what-is-the-newest-google-pixel-phone\/\">Pixel phones<\/a>, is beautiful. 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