Just like with Android L in 2014, Google unveiled Android M in May, and released a developer preview for users to try on select Nexus smartphones and tablets. This was to test it before the final release date in October later that year. Google released three developer previews slowly fixing bugs or adding new features, then released the stable version for all its devices. Over the past year almost all Android devices have been updated to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
Users will notice some visual changes to animations and effects, the lockscreen, homescreen, notification pulldown bar, volume controls, tons of new permission controls, a revamped application launcher and Google Now menu, to name a few. However, it’s behind the scenes where things really took off. Permission and security controls, fingerprint support, Doze for nearly 30% improvements to battery life, automatic app and data backups, and so many things we won’t be able to list them all.
