Android M is now officially known as 6.0 Marshmallow

Drums Rolling.....Google has made it official, the next iteration of Android, Android M is now officially called Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Google also installed the Green Marshmallow mascot near the Android headquarter building in California.

Google has a tradition of naming its OS after a dessert in alphabetical order that started with version 1.5 named Cuppycake, followed by Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb (for tablets only), Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, KitKat and Lollipop.

Google introduced Android M at its I/O 2015 in May and touted it as the most powerful Android release yet. It concentrated on six major things, App permission, Web experience, App Links, Mobile Payment, Fingerprint support and Power & Charging. There will also be native support for USB Type-C.

In addition, the final M preview and the final Android 6.0 Marshmallow SDK have been released and are ready to download. The final M preview will roll out over-the-air (OTA) if you're device is running the previous version of Android M preview. Or you can grab the factory image from the Android developer site which is available for the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player. The final Android 6.0 SDK can be downloaded via SDK Manager. Devs can now upload their Android 6.0 compatible apps to the Play Store.
 
"The preview images are near final but they are not intended for consumer use," Google said in its blog post

The final version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow will be rolled out later this fall. In addition, Google is said to be working on two new Nexus smartphone, one from Huawei, the other from LG. Both of them are likely to run Android 6.0 Marshmallow, when launched later this year.

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Kaiser Bey

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