Android Marshmallow
| A version of the Android operating system | |
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Android Marshmallow home screen with some stock Google apps.
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October 5, 2015 |
| Latest release | 6.0.1 (M4B30Z) / December 8, 2016 |
| Preceded by | Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop" |
| Succeeded by | Android 7.x "Nougat" |
| Official website | Official website |
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Android 6.0–6.0.1 "Marshmallow" (codenamed Android M during development) is the 6th major version of the Android operating system. First unveiled in May 2015 at Google I/O, it was officially released in October 2015.
Marshmallow primarily focuses on improving the overall user experience of its predecessor, Lollipop It introduced a new permissions architecture, new APIs for contextual assistants (first used by a new feature "Now on Tap" to provide context-sensitive search results), a new power management system that reduces background activity when a device is not being physically handled, native support for fingerprint recognition and USB Type-C connectors, the ability to migrate data and applications to a microSD card, and other internal changes.
As of December 2016[update], 24% of devices accessing Google Play run Android 6.0.
The developer preview build, codenamed Android "M", was unveiled and released at Google I/O 2015 on May 28, 2015, for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 phones, Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player set-top box, under the build number MPZ44Q. The third developer preview under build number MPA44G was released on August 17, 2015, later updated to MPA44I, and brought fixes related to Android for Work profiles. "Marshmallow" was officially announced as the release's name the same day.
On September 29, 2015, Google unveiled launch devices for Marshmallow: the LG Electronics-produced Nexus 5X, the Huawei-produced Nexus 6P, and the in-house Pixel C tablet. Android 6.0 updates and factory images for Nexus 5, 6, 7 (2013), 9, and Player were released on October 5, 2015, with over-the-air updates following shortly after. Older Nexus devices, such as the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012) and Nexus 10 did not receive an official update. On October 14, 2015, LG announced that it planned to release Marshmallow for its flagship LG G4 in Poland the following week, marking the first third-party device to receive an update to Marshmallow.
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