ANDROID 6.0 MARSHMALLOW
Google began rolling out updates to android6.0 marshmallow a month ago, but chances are you dont have it on your device yet, unless you have a Nexus or just purchased a brand-new Android phone, like the HTC a 09
I received the upgrade from new nexus tablet.
But usually the hold up with Android updates can be attributed to the
messy patchwork of manufacturers and carriers making sure their particularly naxious stew of overlay and botware work well together.
Let us turn to the positive and take a moment to acknowledge that we
have a brand spanking new chapter of Android, which we'll all have at
some point (unless we get so frustrated with Android's clusterfudge of an ecosystem that we switch to iOS or Firefox OSor something).
To be honest, even if you don't have the opportunity to upgrade anytime
soon, you won't be missing much. Marshmallow looks and feels almost
exactly like android 5.0 lolipop save for a very scant layer of OS housecleaning. While there are some important changes happening behind the scenes like a new fingerprint sencer API (which will only be of use depending on your device) or a battery-saving feature called Doze there's nothing truly revolutionary from a UX point of view.
While Marshmallow doesn't reinvent the mobile wheel in any meaningful
way, it still manages to pack in some cool new features that you'll want
to check out. Here are nine new features we're pretty excited about
(and might make us overlook the Android ecosystem's many, many faults).
Note: As detailed above, Android is a hot mobile mess. So no twoOEM's
Marshmallow experiences are the same. That means that even when your
device finally gets an upgrade, these features may function/look
slightly differently than they do here (or not be included at all). Keep that in mind and good luck!
9 Sweet Hidden Features Inside Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Android Marshmallow
Nvidia's stayed true to its promise of regular Android updates for
its Shield devices updating the Shield Tablet K1 to version 6.0
Marshmallow. It was a bit of a tumultuous update process with the
company temporarily halting the roll out due to Wi-Fi bugs introduced in
an earlier version. The good news is that those problems have seemingly
been fixed so you should expect the update to arrive in due course.
One of the more important updates that Marshmallow brings is better
management of external storage. Now when you add a microSD card, the
operating system can more effectively integrate it with the internal
storage, essentially treating them both as one and the same. On top of
this, Nvidia has updated the Camera app with a new design that takes
inspiration from Google's Material design language. Other Marshmallow
additions, such as Google Now On Tap, are also now introduced. There are
other plenty of smaller bug and performance fixes, too, including
better power nmanagement so it's worth checking if the update has been
rolled out to your device.
Performance
The K1 is almost identical to the original Shield tablet. It has the
same Nvidia Tegra K1 quad-core processor running at 2.2GHz, 2GB of RAM
and the incredibly fast Kepler SMX GPU, which made the original such a
potent gaming machine. The Shield's chip is slightly different to the
one found in Google nexus 9 which is dual-core and 64-bit, but in practice there’s little performance difference between the two tablets.
A Peacekeeper browser benchmark score of 1,148 is on par with Samsung’s £400 Glaxt tab x2
which helps make web browsing feel very fluid and responsive. GeekBench
3 single- and multi-core scores of 1,142 and 3,554 are also among the
fastest we’ve seen from an 8in Android tablet, which helps Android 6.0
Marshmallow animate, open apps and multi-task smoothly.
With near-identical hardware, it was no surprise that the K1 turned
in almost the exact same battery life score as the original Shield
Tablet. At 12 hours 39 minutes, it’s among the better 8in tablets, but
still falls slightly behind Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S2 and Lenovo Yoga Tab
3, which both managed over 14 hours. Even so, you’ll get a full day of
use from the K1, and should manage over five hours when playing
graphically intensive games.
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