Samsung has officially announced today that the company has begun to roll out its Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. Other Galaxy smartphones will soon follow, as can be read in the press release from Samsung.
The announcement is noteworthy because the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge since early this month, is available Samsung’s home country South Korea last week also available in Poland. Through its press release, Samsung has now officially know that the Android 6.0 update will be rolled Marshmallow and soon to all users of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will be available. However, it might take several days to weeks for Dutch users of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will receive the update.
More functionality for Edge screen
For the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, the update will provide a welcome addition to the functionality of the so-called ‘Edge screen, the rounded portion of the screen. As the end of last year was already known makes the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for expanded functionality.
Until now, the Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy S6 Edge + only the ‘People Edge’ and the ‘Apps Edge’ available. This could shortcuts to five favorite contacts and five favorite apps are created on the Edge screen. Incoming messages or calls from one of the five favorite contacts, light Edge screen then also in the preset color of the relevant contact. With all this, however, rather limited functionality of the Edge screen.
In the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow is considerably more functionality for Edge screen, according to new information. In addition to the People Edge and Edge Apps, there is now also a panel on ‘My Places’ showing the most recently used apps. Furthermore, a “Tasks Edge added shortcuts to relevant apps. The Android 6.0.1 update includes a Marshmallow ‘Quick Tools Edge’ with location and compass information and shortcuts to the S Planner, weather, Twitter trends, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports.
more control over privacy
of course, the update also brings many advantages of Android 6.0 Marshmallow itself to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. Thanks to the Android 6.0 update Marshmallow both devices will benefit from the latest features and improvements that Google has stopped in Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
The most important new feature is the “permission manager. This allows users to indicate what system resources an application is allowed to use or not the application. In this way, users have more control over their privacy.
Energy saving
Android 6.0 Marshmallow will make both units also energy efficient. The update namely also brings the function “Doze” along with it. This feature optimizes the power consumption at the time that the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge are in standby mode.
At this moment it is not yet known when the Android 6.0.1 update Marshmallow available in the Netherlands and Belgium come, but it is expected that this will not last long. Once the update is available here, we will of course about reports there. More, all specifications, a comprehensive price comparison and a complete overview of all the news about the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge is available at the following comprehensive overview pages:
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