That’s Google announced Tuesday at a press event. Among others, the Nexus 5 and 6 receive the update.
The new version of Android has already been extensively shown in June at the developer conference, Google I / O. Since the company showed among other things that marshmallow gets an upgraded version of the assistant Google Now.
Under the name Now On Tap is possible to request relevant information with a button on the home button in different apps. Within the email apps can Now On Tap for instance be used to request information about a film said in an e-mail.
Privacy
It also gives Marshmallow Android users better control over their private data. They can decide which data different apps may see, and may withdraw at any time, app permissions.
In addition, Android Marshmallow devices frugal with their battery when not in use, and the animations inside the system updated.
For developers it is possible to use the voice control of Android for actions within their apps. Thus, users can for example with their voice asking for the latest news bulletin of the US radio network NPR.
Not all Android devices will receive an update directly. Only the Nexus devices from Google itself receive such updates right at launch.
other equipment manufacturers and operators must have the update process and approve. This can take months or even years. Many older phones will not receive the update Marshmallow
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Billion users
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Tuesday that 1.4 billion people in the past month have been using an Android device. In June, Google still said that the number of users was just over 1 billion.
In the past month, the appwinkel Google Play 1 billion active users. The other Android users may have a version without Google services. Those include very popular in China
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