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Android Marshmallow Features

Introduction To Android Marshmallow Features

The following article provides an outline for Android Marshmallow Features. Marshmallow is 6.0 and 6.01 version and 13th release of Android. It was released on 5th October 2015 and Google Nexus was the first to receive it. There were some good updates from previous versions which involved security, data backup, optimized battery, etc.

Features Of Android Marshmallow

Given below are the features of Android Marshmallow:

1. Security

  • Permission improvements: Whenever the app is downloaded, the app is used to take full access to the camera, mic, phone, etc without the consent of the user or it would be mandatory to accept some of the permissions. In the Marshmallow version, it allows users to choose in the list as to which all the personal information to be given permission. The app continues to work even after disabling the permissions.
  • Warn for firmware: Marshmallow has the privilege to warn for any firmware and OS that has been modified from the factory version.
  • Auto-backup: Auto backup for the apps and accounts to avoid data loss. 

2. Privacy

  • Fingerprint sensor: It Allows the user to set fingerprint sensors to any application or modify the password to fingerprint. Thus fingerprints can be used for bank transactions, Google play store, Apps. Before, the fingerprint was used to lock and unlock phones and very little application.

3. Google Now on Tap

  • Search anything from the home button: One of the most innovative features of Marshmallow which allows the user to get data from the website without leaving the screen. Be it restaurant address, general knowledge, or your homework, just touch and hold the home button, it directs you to the required site for answers.

4. Battery Backup

  • Doze: If the mobile is not used for a while, Marshmallow will help to doze the phone and in turn reduces the battery consumption.
  • App standby: Restricts the Apps in the background and turns to standby mode if not used for a long time, thus increasing the battery backup.

5. MicroSD Card Full Support

  • Allows the user to use SD card as a hard disk. Users can install the apps inside the SD card only.

6. Productivity

  • Improved user regarding text and typesetting.
  • Duplex printing support.
  • Undo-redo, smart text selection, text actions closer to fingers.
  • Better translation features.

7. Connectivity

  • Power-efficient BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy).
  • Hotspot-2.
  • Bluetooth: Take calls in carphone.
  • Wi-Fi with 5GHz frequency bands.

8. USB Type-C/3.1 Support

  • Allows for faster data transfer and at the same time charges the phone.
  • The phone charge speed is also high.

Other Good Random Features

  • New languages added: Azerbaijani, Gujarati, Kazakh, Albanian, Urdu, and Uzbek.
  • Compatible for USB MIDI devices.
  • Improved multitasking.
  • Apps will automatically jump into the application rather than opening in the website.
  • Simplified volume controls for Alarm, Music, and Phone.
  • Easy toggling of Do Not Disturb feature from quick settings.
  • If a person calls repeatedly for 2 or more times within 15 minutes, the user can enable the option to ring and keep enable the Do Not Disturb feature.
  • Automatic enabling of Do Not Disturb feature for custom time blocks or events on user’s calendar. 
  • Good and optimized google launcher app with the search button, fast alphabetic scrolling, app suggestions, etc.

Conclusion

There were quite improvements in Marshmallow but it seems that more importance was given to security and privacy than looks, thus by visual more or less it feels like a Lollipop version. The features of Now on tap, fingerprint, and battery life were some major changes. However, some of the features will take major RAM, and phones with less RAM may lag in some cases. The new features are more matured in the higher versions and look like will improve with time. In short, not many improvements were seen in Marshmallow from Lollipop other than 2-3 features.

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