Android Marshmallow

What’s new?  

Android Marshmallow is the newest Android operating system

• Fingerprint verification
• Clearer choices over the data that you care about
• Battery-smart power
• A new feature powered by Google that helps you stay on task by instantly pulling up relevant information, letting you get more done. 

On average, people unlock their smartphones around 100 times a day.

Now you can skip the passwords and access your phone with a touch of your fingertip. 

 

Smarter batteries make better batteries.

When your device is at rest, Doze automatically puts it into a sleep state.

App Standby conserves battery for the apps you use regularly. 

Clearer choices over the data that you care about

New app permissions give you more specific control over what info you share

– no more all-or-nothing access. 

Android Pay just launched, and so it's technically available without Android Marshmallow, since it'll be supported on devices with NFC running Android KitKat and above.

That said, the Google's refreshed digital wallet service will be made better by Android 6.0. The software pushes fingerprint sensor functionality for the first time, just in time for new Nexus phones.

Android Pay means there's no need to open an app to make a payment, all you'll need to do unlock and place your handset on a compatible contactless payment terminal.

With Android Marshmallow comes an intelligent new assistant feature called Now on Tap. An enhancement to Google Now, Now on Tap lets users access information anywhere on their Android Marshmallow device, no matter what they're doing.

Users can simple tap and hold the home button to pull up a query without leaving the app they're in or website. If a friend emails you about seeing a movie, for example, Now on Tap could pull up info like ratings, the trailer or even let you buy tickets. You can also look at other apps on your phone, like Yelp or OpenTable, to book a dinner reservation or read reviews about a restaurant your friends wants to try for dinner.

Now on Tap doesn't just work with a tap for place info: you can also do voice search for more specific queries, like who sings your new favorite song.

To all you Apple sheep, I shall be posting about the 6s in due course.

Happy adroid-ing :)