Complex sentence: Play Newsstand was released for iOS in September 2014, as an update to the Google Currents app. "The Verge" noted that the user experience across Android and iOS was "nearly identical".
Split into simpler sentences: Play Newsstand was released for iOS in September 2014. It was actually an update to the Google Currents app. "The Verge" noted that the user experience across Android and iOS was "nearly identical".