On September 29, 2015, Google unveiled launch devices for Marshmallow: the LG-produced Nexus 5X, the Huawei-produced Nexus 6P, alongside Google's own Pixel C tablet. The second developer preview was released on July 9, 2015, and the third and final preview was released on August 17, 2015, along with announcing that Android M would be titled Android ' Marshmallow'. The first developer preview build, codenamed Android 'M', was unveiled and released at Google I/O on May 28, 2015, for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 smartphones, Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player set-top box. The release was internally codenamed 'Macadamia Nut Cookie'. Since then at least 70% of the users of those old versions have upgraded to a newer version. 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-C connectors, the ability to migrate data and applications to a microSD card, and other internal changes.Īs of August 2021, less than 5% of Android devices use this version, and when it was warned that a billion users use this (or older) version, by then no longer supported with security updates, was when 40% used those versions.

Marshmallow primarily focuses on improving the overall user experience of its predecessor, Lollipop.

First released as a beta build on May 28, 2015, it was officially released on October 5, 2015, with the Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. October 2, 2015 6 years ago ( ) Ħ.0.1_r81 (MOI10E) / October 1, 2017 4 years ago ( ) Īndroid Marshmallow ( codenamed Android M during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system and the 13th version of Android. Android Marshmallow home screen with some stock Google apps on the Nexus 5

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