We called it!
The next version of Android has been officially
confirmed as Android Marshmallow and the final
beta version is available from the Android Studio
now. Pat yourself on the back because this is the
very name 40 per cent of you voted for in our
reader poll in issue 53. Commiserations to those
of you that were holding out for Android Milkshake
or even Android Macaroon. Goog le have also
confirmed it will be version number 6.0, rather Ithan
Android 5.5 as some had expected.
You can now perso
your permissions
The biggest improvement we can see in
Marshmallow is control over app permissions.
Youll no longer have to grant blanket permissions
to apps, instead you will be able to pick and choose
what data and sensors apps can access. For
instance, messaging
apps will only be able to
access your
microphone if you say
and only when you use
speech -to -text dictation.
This should make
people a lot more
comfortable when
downloading apps using
Marshmallow as it
keeps your confidential
information secure.
Have a quick doze
A headline feature of Android 6.0 is Doze Mode,
which will put your device into a deep sleep
whenever it is left on standby, prolonging your
battery life. The device knows when its not being
used and shuts down all functions, only waking up
when it registers that it's in use or a high priority
notification comes through. Tests have shown that
Doze can double the battery life of a Nexus 5
which could save you from having to recharge
your phone or tablet on a daily basis.
You can
identify bloated apps
that use up memory
Quite often your Android runs out of storage space
and you haven’t got any idea which app is
responsible for taking up a huge chunk of your
memory. However, Marshmallow has introduced a
feature where you
can dive into the
Memory menu of
Settings and see
exactly which app is
using up most of your
memory. You can
then uninstall it to
give you much more
room to download
the latest memorysapping
apps and
repeat the process
all over again!
New Fingerprint Fitures
Android Marshmallow lets
you do so many more
things with your fingerprint
than just unlock your
phone. You can also use
the fingerprint scanner on
your mobile, should it
already have one, to sign
into the Google Play
store and make
purchases. This will
remove the need to
constantly retype
passwords in time -and -time again. There are
many more applications for the fingerprint
scanner, but downloading apps safely and quickly
is probably the most useful one of the bunch.
Multitask in
Multi Windows
Samsung users will be well used to Multi -window
Mode, having had it on their Galaxy phones for a
number of
iterations now,
but Android
Marshmallow
will bring the
service to all
Android handsets.
Users will be able
to view up to four
windows on the
same screen, so that
you can watch a
YouTube video while
messaging your
mates, or playing a
game. With so many manufacturers creating 5.5-
or 6 -inch phablets, this could now become a very
worthwhile addition to Android devices.
Savety First
Should your phone crash while using Android
Marshmallow, you won’t lose all your app data.
Even if you haven’t manually backed up your apps,
you will retain some data as your phone will
automatically back up
25MB of information
per app. Essential
information will be
uploaded on a regular
basis to your Google
Drive account, where
you can there recover
it once your phone is
up and running again.
The days of losing
everything after a
crash are over, thanks
to the new Android
Marshmallow.
Google NowonTap
Google Now on Tap has been exciting us ever
since we saw what it was capable of at Google
I/O. Your personal assistant has been made much
smarter and more
intuitive. With the
Android 6.0 upgra
Google Now is go
to morph into a
service that can g
you useful answer
you want, even
before you ask the
question! For
instance, when it
senses your
reading an email
inviting you to
see a movie, it
will instantly
offer nearby
showing times
Pay Your Way
Android Pay is still being prepared for the mass
market, lagging behind Apple Pay and Samsung
Pay, despite being discussed at Google I/O
several months ago. However, we are looking
forward to using the fingerprint scanner in order
to authorise payments anywhere you could
normally swipe a card to pay for goods. Android
Marshmallow will be the first Android version that
we will be able to use Android Pay on, when it
finally rolls out to the general public.
Its not quite Ready
It's not quite ready
As we mentioned earlier, only the final preview
version is available now, so you're still going to
have to download an API< if you want to enjoy the
full features that Android Marshmallow offers
before the consumer
version gets an official
rolbut. However, the
OTA update is
expected to arrive
some time in the
autumn, so fortunately
you haven't got long to
watt. But if you want to
help Google iron out
some more
Marshmallow bugs,
then get to the Android
Studio right away.
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