Android Marshmallow
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sixth major version of the Android operating system
Key facts
- Developer
- General availability
- September 29, 2015 ; 10 years ago ( 2015-09-29 ) (as Android 6.0) December 7, 2015 ; 10 years ago ( 2015-12-07 ) (as Android 6.0.1)
- Final release
- 6.0.1_r81 (MOI10E) / October 1, 2017 ; 8 years ago ( 2017-10-01 )
- Kernel type
- Monolithic ( Linux )
- Preceded by
- Android Lollipop (5.x)
- Succeeded by
- Android Nougat (7.x)
- Official website
- www .android .com /versions /marshmallow-6-0 /
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Encyclopedic overview
Android Marshmallow (codenamed Android M during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system developed by Google, being the successor to Android Lollipop. It was announced at Google I/O on May 28, 2015, and released the same day as a beta, before being officially released on September 29, 2015. It was succeeded by Android Nougat on August 22, 2016.
Android Marshmallow primarily focuses on improving the overall user experience of its predecessor. It introduced a new opt-in 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.
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