5 thinger:Android Marshmallow and when to expect the update
It's official now! Google's new android iteration Android Marshmallow.
So what's new in the Android M?
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App Permissions
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Nothing fancy here, but really important as far as security is concerned.
In early versions of android, you weren't able to edit permissions for every app you installed.
Android M gives you the power to control what the app can access and what it can't.
So if you don't want the Facebook app to access your camera or your microphone then you can just edit the permissions and Facebook can no longer access your microphone or camera.
That's a very powerful feature and it's going to make android more secure and safe.
Fingerprint API
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A bunch of phones in the market today have a fingerprint scanner, but its only used for unlocking the phone.
With the release of Android M things are going to get pretty interesting.Developers at Gooogle are working to standardize the fingerprint sensor support and unify everything into a fingerprint API.
For an app developer, this unlocks a lot of possibilities.Developers now can use the fingerprint scanner to authenticate logins.They can use it to authenticate online purchases.The possibilities are endless.
ANDROID DOZE
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Every Android phone in the market today has one major problem, battery life.Android M introduces DOZE.
Google claims that this feature will increase the battery life substantially.
What DOZE does is it reads data from the sensors and if no activity is detected it shuts down a few processes.High priority processes such as alarms or calls are excluded from it's shut down process list.
To test this new feature, we will have to wait till google rolls out Android M.
GOOGLE NOW ON TAP
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Google Now has become a very important part of the android system.It's smart and it's accurate.This makes it really helpful.
Android M takes it to a new level.Now along with Google now you have Google now on tap.
This new feature can be opened over any app.So you don't need to leave the app.
Google now on tap reads whats written on the screen understands it and provides suggestions based on it.
CAN I EXPECT ANDROID M UPDATE ON MY DEVICE?
NEXUS DEVICES
If you own a nexus 5, nexus 9 or a nexus 6 then you get the update before anyone else does.Google is yet to announce the official release date but you can expect an update around mid-October.
LG DEVICES
LG hasn't said anything about the update yet, but we think that G3 and G4 might recive an update.Release dates are still unknow.
MOTOROLA DEVICES
Motorola phones run on stock vanilla android with some extra features and apps provided by Motorola.So Moto X,Moto G and Moto E will recieve updates soon after Nexus devices recieve the update.
SAMSUNG DEVICES
Samsung modifies the android OS a lot.So upgrades need a lot of time.
The Note 5,Note 4 from the Note family and the Galaxy s6 and s5 and their variants will surely recieve updates.
SONY DEVICES
Probably the Sony Z series will recieve Android M update.No official statement from Sony as of yet.
The official dates aren't out yet.Also the updates heavliy depend on your country and the carrier.
NOW ITS YOUR TURN
If you like the article be sure to share it with everyone and if you have any questions you can drop them in the comment box below!
Thanks for reading and have a good day!
So what's new in the Android M?
Source
App Permissions
Source
Nothing fancy here, but really important as far as security is concerned.
In early versions of android, you weren't able to edit permissions for every app you installed.
Android M gives you the power to control what the app can access and what it can't.
So if you don't want the Facebook app to access your camera or your microphone then you can just edit the permissions and Facebook can no longer access your microphone or camera.
That's a very powerful feature and it's going to make android more secure and safe.
Fingerprint API
Source
A bunch of phones in the market today have a fingerprint scanner, but its only used for unlocking the phone.
With the release of Android M things are going to get pretty interesting.Developers at Gooogle are working to standardize the fingerprint sensor support and unify everything into a fingerprint API.
For an app developer, this unlocks a lot of possibilities.Developers now can use the fingerprint scanner to authenticate logins.They can use it to authenticate online purchases.The possibilities are endless.
ANDROID DOZE
Source
Every Android phone in the market today has one major problem, battery life.Android M introduces DOZE.
Google claims that this feature will increase the battery life substantially.
What DOZE does is it reads data from the sensors and if no activity is detected it shuts down a few processes.High priority processes such as alarms or calls are excluded from it's shut down process list.
To test this new feature, we will have to wait till google rolls out Android M.
GOOGLE NOW ON TAP
Source
Google Now has become a very important part of the android system.It's smart and it's accurate.This makes it really helpful.
Android M takes it to a new level.Now along with Google now you have Google now on tap.
This new feature can be opened over any app.So you don't need to leave the app.
Google now on tap reads whats written on the screen understands it and provides suggestions based on it.
CAN I EXPECT ANDROID M UPDATE ON MY DEVICE?
NEXUS DEVICES
If you own a nexus 5, nexus 9 or a nexus 6 then you get the update before anyone else does.Google is yet to announce the official release date but you can expect an update around mid-October.
LG DEVICES
LG hasn't said anything about the update yet, but we think that G3 and G4 might recive an update.Release dates are still unknow.
MOTOROLA DEVICES
Motorola phones run on stock vanilla android with some extra features and apps provided by Motorola.So Moto X,Moto G and Moto E will recieve updates soon after Nexus devices recieve the update.
SAMSUNG DEVICES
Samsung modifies the android OS a lot.So upgrades need a lot of time.
The Note 5,Note 4 from the Note family and the Galaxy s6 and s5 and their variants will surely recieve updates.
SONY DEVICES
Probably the Sony Z series will recieve Android M update.No official statement from Sony as of yet.
The official dates aren't out yet.Also the updates heavliy depend on your country and the carrier.
NOW ITS YOUR TURN
If you like the article be sure to share it with everyone and if you have any questions you can drop them in the comment box below!
Thanks for reading and have a good day!
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