First HTC Sense 7 skin images are online

The first images of Sense 7, the next generation of HTC’s skin for Android, have appeared online. HTC uses in Sense 7 Android 5.0 Lollipop. The design has also been adapted to the new version of Google’s mobile operating system.

HTC seems to have picked up cues from Google in the field of ‘material design’, based on images posted online by Russian twitterer HTCFamily. set. The twitterer previously published correct images of the HTC One M8.

The images show battery usage and an About screen. The battery usage information has a different layout than in the current Sense, with a graph showing the progress, while below it is the average battery life and charging time. HTC uses white with a teal accent.

It seems that these are screenshots of an existing device. The ‘software number’ starts with a 3; HTC usually releases devices with software versions between 1 and 1.5, while the first major updates start with a 2.

In recent years, the manufacturer released a new version of its skin in the spring, but that may be different with Sense 7. The manufacturer has not yet responded to the appearance of the screenshots and it is not obvious that HTC will do so; virtually no smartphone maker responds to rumours.