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Google comes up with its latest Android version i.e Android 6.0 Marshmallow. That’s sweet isn’t it? Google’s latest version of Android, Android 6.0 Marshmallow is toasted up, cooled off, and ready for the world to enjoy. 

Android Marshmallow isn’t the massive, top-to-bottom overhaul that Lollipop was, but it has plenty of features and enhancements. Let’s see the features and devices which are ready for Marshmallow updates !

Features :-

Bolder lock screen text

The lock screen has a slight change in Android 6.0 Marshmallow : The text used for the clock is bolder than it was with Android Lollipop. You may find the heavier text to be easier to read at a glance. Also, when you power up your phone, be sure to take a look at the cool new boot animation! Turn off your phone and turn it back on if you missed it!

Google Now voice search from the lock screen

Google apparently realized that people don’t make phone calls as much as they used to: The dialer shortcut on the lock screen has been replaced with a shortcut to Google Now’s voice search functionality. Simply swipe from the lower left corner to start a voice search.

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Redesigned app drawer

The app drawer gets an overhaul in Android Marshmallow. First off, it’s now a scrollable pane rather than a series of pages. Apps are listed in alphabetical order, and if you drag the scroll thrumb along the right edge, you’ll get a pop-up letter that shows where in the alphabet you are. Neat. These changes may be a bit jarring for long-time Android users, but they’ll make finding apps that much easier for everyone else.

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Uninstall apps without leaving the homescreen

Uninstalling an app on Android Marshmallow no longer requires you to go digging through Settings: Simply drag an app to the homescreen, then to Uninstall. Similarly, you can view app info or remove an app from a folder by dragging an app’s icon to the appropriate command.

 

Separate volume levels for ringtones, alarms, and media playback

How often have you wanted to temporarily lower your ringtone and notification volume, but still keep blaring your music at full blast? Android M now comes with separate volume control sliders for media playback and notifications. You used to have to set these individually in the Settings menu.

Per-app battery saver mode

Android Lollipop has a battery-saver mode that you can switch on to save precious power when your battery gets low. Android Marshmallow builds off of Lollipop with an enhanced “doze” mode , which limits certain background tasks when your phone’s been inactive for a period of time. If you want all background tasks to continue for a given app, though, you can turn “doze” mode off on a per-app basis. Go to Settings > Battery, then go to the Options menu (the three dots in the upper right) and tap Battery optimization. Tap the downward-pointing arrow, then tap All apps. Tap an app’s name, then tap Don’t optimize. Tap Done when you’re all set.

 

Turn off heads-up notifications

If you dislike the so-called “heads-up” notifications that slide over on-screen content in Android Lollipop, Android Marshmallow is here to rectify the situation—at least a little. To turn off heads-up notifications on a per-app basis, go to Settings > Sound & notification > App notifications. Tap an app you no longer want heads-up notifications from, then toggle the Allow peeking switch to the off position.

 

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Use Bluetooth to improve GPS accuracy

You might already know that you can have your phone use nearby Wi-Fi hotspots to improve its location accuracy, but in Android Marshmallow, you can set Bluetooth to improve GPS accuracy as well. Go to Settings > Location, then tap the Options menu (the three dots), and then tap Scanning.

New text selection and Editing interface

At Google I/O, Google showed off a new interface for handling text in Android Marshmallow. This new interface was missing in the first developer preview, but it’s present in the second preview build. Instead of the toolbar that appeared at the top of the screen, as was the case in prior version of Android, text editing commands now appear in a floating toolbar directly above the text you’ve selected. Tap the Options button (the three dots) to view more commands.

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Google Wallet is out & Android Pay is in

Google recently rebranded Google Wallet as Android Pay, while keeping the Google Wallet brand around as an app that makes it easy to send money to friends. (Confused yet?) So if you used the old Google Wallet app on your phone to pay at stores, you’ll want to use Android Pay with Android Marshmallow.

Fingerprint support

Sure, some manufacturers have been adding their own fingerprint support to Android devices for a while now, but with that capability becoming part of the platform itself as of the 6.0 release, it’ll be available on far more devices — and it’ll be able to do a heck of a lot more. The Android 6.0 fingerprint system allows you to use your fingerprint to authorize Android Pay payments, Play Store purchases, and even in-app transactions (as long as your device has a fingerprint sensor, of course — something we’ll likely be seeing more of moving forward).

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USB Type-C

Starting with Marshmallow, those maddening little micro-USB connectors are being replaced by a newer and better standard. Android 6.0 paves the way for USB Type-C to become the norm for Android device charging. It’s reversible — meaning you can plug the cables in either way (no more fumbling!) — and it creates a more secure connection with faster data transfers and faster charging. 

Universal text translation

If you install the Google Translate app onto your Android device, Marshmallow will give you an option to translate text on the fly anytime you make a text selection. Pretty handy, eh? And that’s just the start: Other apps will be able to add custom actions to the text selection menu, too, so we’ll likely see more such options over time.

Now, let’s look at the list of devices sorted by the list of manufacturers, which are announced to get Android 6.0 Marshmallow update.

 

Nexus Android Marshmallow Update

Google’s Nexus devices are the first ones to get Marshmallow update, Google has already said that Android 6.0 Marshmallow OTA update will be starting this week. The devices that’ll get the OTA starting October 5 are :

• Nexus 5

• Nexus 6

• Nexus 7 (2013)

• Nexus 9

• Nexus Player

Although these devices will be getting the Marshmallow OTA update, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012) and Nexus 7 (2012) are not scheduled for the update right now. And Google’s new kids Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P will be launching with Marshmallow.

 

Android One Marshmallow Update

The next devices to get Marshmallow update is Android One devices. Although there are no official updates for now, but we’re having reports that OTA is already happening on Android one devices in India. Here’s the list of Android One devices that are being updated to Android 6.0 marshmallow :

• Micromax Canvas A1

• Karbonn Sparkle V

• Spice Dream Uno

That were the Android One phones that’s being updated, here’s the list of other Android One phones that will be/are being updated to Marshmallow.

• Lava Pixel V1

• Symphony Roar A50

• Mito Impact

• Evercoss One X

• Nexian Journey One

• Cherry Mobile One

• MyPhone Uno

• Cherry Mobile One G1

• QMobile A1

• i-mobile IQ II

• Infinix Hot 2

• Aquaris A4.5

Motorola Android Marshmallow Update

Motorola has shown everyone already on how aggressive they are on pushing update to their phones, which usually comes in par with Nexus updates. Motorola has already announced the list of Motorola phones to get Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, although they haven’t provided the exact dates. Take a look :

• 2015 Moto X Pure Edition (3rd gen)

• 2015 Moto X Style (3rd gen)

• 2015 Moto X Play

• 2015 Moto G (3rd gen)

• 2014 Moto X Pure Edition in the US (2nd gen)

• 2014 Moto X in Latin America, Europe and Asia (2nd gen)

• 2014 Moto G and Moto G with 4G LTE2 (2nd gen)

• DROID Turbo

• 2014 Moto MAXX

• 2014 Moto Turbo

As you can find from the above list, Motorola haven’t listed affordable their Moto E series of phones (both 1st gen & 2nd gen are not included), and also the older generations of Moto G (1st gen) and Moto X (1st gen). It is understandable that these phones are now two generations behind, and might be slower for an update, but the Moto E 2nd gen is a new phone and it’s still not in the list of Motorola phones to be updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

 

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Samsung Android Marshmallow update

There are no official confirmation from Samsung on when or which of their devices will be updated, but we can make up a list of Samsung devices that will be updated soon. Samsung has been bringing updates timely, although to their flagships while leaving behind other middle range phones. Here’s the list of Samsung phones that will be the first to get Android 6.0 Marshmallow update :

 

• Galaxy Note 5

• Galaxy S6

• Galaxy S6 Edge

• Galaxy S6 Edge+

• Galaxy S6 Duos

• Galaxy Note 4

• Galaxy Note Edge

• Galaxy Note 4 Duos

• Galaxy S5

• Galaxy Alpha

• Galaxy Tab A

• Galaxy Tab S

• Galaxy Tab S2

• Galaxy A7

• Galaxy A5

• Galaxy E7

That’s the list of devices that’ll be getting Samsung Android 6.0 Update soon. Although there may be changes in the list or more devices might be added to the list (we’ll be updating the list further when Samsung makes and official announcement on this). Samsung middle and low end phone users might be disappointed looking at this list, because Samsung is infamous for forgetting about the low end and middle range devices and if you’re still disappointed about not receiving timely updates, it’s time you think about a new phone from a brand like Motorola or OnePlus.

LG Android Marshmallow update

LG haven’t announced the list of devices that they’ll update first, but we’ve seen some signs that LG’s flagships will get the update very soon though (take a look). The list of LG devices that are currently lined up for Android 6.0 Marshmallow update are :

• LG G3 (F400S, F400K, and F400L)

• LG G4 (F500S, F500K, and F500L)

This is the list that has been leaked, there are no official confirmation from LG about the list of devices which will get LG Android Marshmallow update, we’ll be updating the list as soon as we’ll get an official word on that.

 

HTC Android Marshmallow update

HTC has announced the devices that will be getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow update through their official twitter handle. Here is the list of HTC devices that will be updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow : 

• HTC One M9

• HTC One M8

• HTC One M9+

• HTC One E9

• HTC One E9+

• HTC One ME

• HTC One E8

• HTC One M8 EYE

• HTC One Butterfly 3

• HTC Desire 826

• HTC Desire 820

• HTC Desire 816

Sony Android Marshmallow update

Sony have released the list of phones that will be getting Android Marshmallow update today. Here’s the list of Sony devices that will be updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow :

• Xperia Z5

• Xperia Z5 Compact

• Xperia Z5 Premium

• Xperia Z4 Tablet

• Xperia Z3+

• Xperia Z3

• Xperia Z3 Compact

• Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact

• Xperia Z2

• Xperia Z2 Tablet

• Xperia M5

• Xperia C5 Ultra

• Xperia M4 Aqua

• Xperia C4

This isn’t the official list, that’s coming soon and we’ll be updating this list soon after it’s released. The list of Sony phones that will receive Android marshmallow update was updated.

 

That’s it for now guys, we’ll be updating the whole list once we get confirmed news from respective manufacturers. Also if you have any queries on this list or doubt about any devices, do ask in the comments below!