Replicant OS is a fork of Google’s Android operating system that’s had all the proprietary code removed. It takes a lot of time and effort to do that, so while we’re getting ready for Google to release Android O in the not-too-distant future, the Replicant team has just released version 6.0, which is based on […]
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Samsung’s “Edge Screen” now uses a third of your screen
Samsung is rolling out Android 6.0 to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones, and the company plans to bring updates to other Galaxy phones soon. While the new software brings all the usual Marshmallow goodies, there’s also one major change for Galaxy S6 Edge users: Samsung is updating the “Edge Screen” feature to […]
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Android 6.0.1 is more than emoji
Google released Android 6.0.1 this week, and while the feature that’s been getting the most attention is support for new emoji, folks have started digging around in the operating system and finding other changes. Have a 2013 or 2014Â Nexus device? Now you can double-tap the power button to launch the camera. Have a Nexus 5X […]
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HTC HD2 still isn’t dead yet… gets Android 6.0 port
So you thought it was impressive when folks started porting Android 6.0 Marshmallow to run on the 2011 HP TouchPad tablet? That’s nothing. Recently we saw Marshmallow ported to the original Samsung Galaxy S smartphone from 2010. But why stop there? Now you can also run Android 6.0 on the HTC HD2… a 2009 smartphone […]
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Android Wear goes Marshmallow, gains support for new hardware, new permissions model
The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE may be the first smartwatch to ship with ship with a version of Android Wear based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but Google says the new version of its smartwatch OS will begin rolling out to all Android Wear watches in the next few months. So what’s new? According to […]
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Now you can install Android 6.0 on a Nexus 4 (unofficially)
Google recently released Android 6.0 Marshmallow for recent Nexus phones, tablets, and TV boxes. How recent? If you’ve got a Nexus 5 smartphone you’re good to go. But if you’ve got a Nexus 4, not so much. At least that’s true if you want to install an official version of Android 6.0 distributed by Google. […]
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Android 6.0 factory images available for the Nexus 5 and later
Happy Android 6.0 day. Google has released Android 6.0 Marshmallow factory images for the Google Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013) and Nexus Player. You can download them from the Android Developers site, or wait a little while for Google to start rolling out over-the-air updates. Factory images are basically the stock Android software for […]
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Motorola’s phones will have even less bloatware with Android 6.0
Motorola’s smartphones tend to have a nearly stock Android experience, with only a handful of extra apps thrown in. Now the company says that since some of the features offered by those extra apps have been incorporated into Google Android 6.0, it can offer an even more stock Android-like experience by removing some of those […]
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HTC to unveil its first Android 6.0 device October 30th
Google will start rolling out Android 6.0 updates for Nexus users in a few days, but what about non-Nexus phones and tablets? Since Google has been making developer previews of Android 6.0 Marshmallow available for months, companies including Samsung, HTC, and LG should have had plenty of time to get used to the operating system… […]
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Android 6.0 launches the first week of October
You don’t need to buy a new Nexus 5X or Neuxs 6P smartphone to get your hands on Google Android 6.0 software. It’ll begin rolling out next week to most recent Nexus devices. In the coming months, we should start to see third-party device makers offer Android 6.0 Marshmallow updates for some recent phones and […]