Motorola's Moto G has been a hit so far -- offering a low-cost unlocked phone that comes with some very respectable hardware. Now Google is offering the Moto G Google Play Edition, as if the Moto G wasn't Google enough.

The difference with Google Play Editions of smartphones and tablets is that Google sells them from its own web store and installs "stock" Android on the device. This can be advantageous for consumers who like the hardware specs of a device like the LG G Pad 8.3 or Samsung Galaxy S4, but are not a fan of the various pre-installed software and user experience elements added to Android by those manufacturers.

The other advantage of Google Play Editions of devices is that, running a clean stock version of Android, they will get operating system updates (like Android 4.4 KitKat) nearly as quickly as Google-made devices. Finally, Google Play Editions are unlocked, so if the device gets cellular data, you can bring it to whatever wireless carriers you want without a contract.

All of these advantages were apparent in the original Motorola Moto G, since Motorola is a subsidiary of Google, installed an almost perfectly stock Android operating system on the devices, and sold the Moto G unlocked.

But if you hated the few Motorola-specific apps that came with the original Moto G, here's your phone. The hardware is identical to the Motorola Moto G: a 4.5-inch 720p HD diplay, a 1.2GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with 1GB of RAM, a 5-megapixel camera and WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth.

Just like the original Moto G, the device comes with either 8GB or 16GB, costing $179 and $199, respectively, just like the original Moto G.