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  • Android M 6.0 is officially Android Marshmallow

    Android M 6.0 is officially Android Marshmallow

    After months of guessing the upcoming Android M name, Google has made it official by putting up an Android statue holding a Marshmallow outside of the building. Previously, Android 5.0 was codenamed L and eventually called Lollipop. It turns out when Android 6.0 comes out later this year, it will likely be called Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The Android 6.0 SDK is currently available for developers looking to update while the final Developer Preview is also available for download. New features expected to come with Android MarshMallow include a Doze feature that will induce a deeper sleep during standby therefore improving battery life. Fingerprint scanning will also be built into the operating system along with a new permissions model for apps management. No Malaysia release dates for when Android 6.0 Marshmallow is coming for all of the various Malaysian smartphones but such updates will likely take time, with a probable release sometime at the end of the year. In related news, Google's Project Ara modular smartphone has been delayed to 2016.

  • LG G3 users getting Android 5.0 Lollipop first

    LG G3 users getting Android 5.0 Lollipop first

    LG recently announced that their LG G3 smartphone will be getting the Android 5.0 Lollipop update first, starting in Poland and spreading out to other areas afterwards. The new update also brings a number of new features including better security, an unlock feature via a pre-registered smartwatch and new Android RunTime (ART) libraries for better overall performance. While other LG smartphones and devices will be getting the update, here's what LG had to say about it:

    “LG is absolutely committed to giving our customers the best mobile experiences available and bringing Android Lollipop to G3 owners as soon as possible is a top priority. The new features and improvements in Android 5.0 will bring a whole new user experience to the G3 and make it even better than it already is.” Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of the LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company.

  • Rumours: ASUS ZenFone and PadFone S getting Android 5.0 in April 2015

    Rumours: ASUS ZenFone and PadFone S getting Android 5.0 in April 2015

    With the announcement of Android 5.0 Lollipop, practically every Android user is asking, will my phone get that update? Well, ASUS ZenFone smartphone users and those who are going to get the ASUS PadFone S superphone will definitely get it sometime in April 2015, at least according to rumours in Taiwan. You may be asking why it is going to take such a long time, but we're thinking that this is due to having update all the ASUS ZenUI to fit the Android 5.0 Material Design. Hopefully, ASUS will also include all the latest camera modes like slow motion video recording or maybe a panorama shot for the front camera, but only time will tell. As usual of such rumours, do take this with a pinch of salt, but since most ASUS ZenFone smartphones here in Malaysia have already received their Android 4.4 KitKat updates, we assume ASUS will stay on track and deliver the next Android update too.

  • Google announces Android 5.0 Lollipop

    Google announces Android 5.0 Lollipop

    After months of wondering what L starting dessert would be used for the next Android L, Google have finally and officially announced Android 5.0 Lollipop. Unlike previous updates, there are a number of huge upgrades to the mobile operating system and this includes a flatter Material Design look and feel and a new 64-bit compiler. Notifications are now floating in a Google Now-like card based system and they are both actionable as well as drop down. The 64-bit compiler will move from the previous Dalvik compiler to a more efficient ART compiler, which promises equal performance across all types of processors. The new ART compiler also promises nearly double the performance for some systems resulting in faster load times and performance along with support for larger than 3GB of RAM.