Thursday 3 September 2015

ANDROID 6.0 MARSHMALLOW VERSUS ANDROID 5.0 LOLLIPOP –TOP FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS


About 2 weeks ago Google announced its next android flagship, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, which will probably be released on Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 in October later this year.  This news sends happy feelings into the minds of many android phones users. This is so because of the many improvement the marshmallow will have over the much loved lollipop.

If you are considering installing the
Android marshmallow 6.0 once it is released for your device,  then, it will be good to know about the many improvements that will come with it,  making it beat Android 5.0 lollipop.

1. “Doze”  Power Management 

A common complain among android users is the short battery life. However,  Google seems to have a solution for that by introducing a new feature to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It seems that new feature will be called “Doze”  and it will optimize the background processes, which will result in less power usage.


2. Fingerprint Support

The highest security standards on a smartphone are fingerprint scanners and Google will bring this feature to the Android 6.0 Marshmallow. So, if you want to make payments, purchase applications, unlock the device, and more, likely,  all you do alongside other security features is to scan your fingerprint. This feature has only been on Samsung Galaxy S6 but Google is now bringing it to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. To me, this is a very cool feature.

3. “Google Now” 
“Google Now”  has been improved in the upcoming Android 6.0. Users will be able to run the “OK Google”  command from any part of the screen.  In addition, the virtual assistant will come with a “Now Tap”  feature,  which will allow you to bring up important information while performing other tasks.

4. App Permission
This is another cool feature of Android 6.0. The app permission introduced in marshmallow is going to allow the users to decide how much access a particular application can get before installing it. In Android 5.0 lollipop and earlier versions, users can't customize their permission. They will just need to accept the default permission for each application or else they will not be able to install the apps.

To me, all this features in marshmallow are very much necessary and more are still to come.

It should be noted that Android lollipop 5.0 and Android marshmallow will perhaps have the same display. The Marshmallow will only add some improvements to, and fix some bugs on Lollipop.

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