Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update Release Date

So Google made the Marshmallow name official for the upcoming version of Android, and the successor to Android M developer preview builds which the search engine giant has been working on for the past few months.

Marshmallow update comes with a handful lot of new features, but unlike Lollipop you won’t see a new design/colors on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. From all we have gathered from the 3 developer preview builds of Android M that we used on our Nexus 5 over the past few months — Marshmallow is more of an experience update than an eye pleasing looker like the previous year’s Lollipop release.

And of course, nobody is bored with Material design yet. Matter fact, it’s still growing on our minds and Google’s recent efforts to bring Material design to the Web for website design is only serving towards a greater purpose of bringing modern age user interface to everywhere on the internet, and thereby also making Android and Chrome experience seamless with the rest of the web.

Anyway, material design is a talk for another day. Right now, we’re happy to see Marshmallow update finally coming to life. Google released Lollipop early in November last year, so we guess Marshmallow release date will be around the same time this year as well. OR maybe a bit earlier by the end of September 2015, given the hot rumors going around Nexus 5 2015 lately, which is to be the first device to ship with Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

But of course, we’re hardly interested in knowing which device will be shipping with Marshmallow update on-board. What will be the biggest quest for most Android users after official release of Marshmallow will be the release date of the next biggest Android update for their own Android devices. Ah, boy! This is going to be a lot of hate towards manufacturers and carriers, who are going to get delayed anyway, even with their best efforts to bring Marshmallow update as soon as possible.

If we take our guess on the basis of release timings for the Android 5.0 Lollipop last year, then it’ll be anywhere between 60-90 days for the Flagship devices from manufacturers and carriers who really quick at pushing out updates, and more than 90 days for the carriers who are slow (yeah, I mean Verizon and AT&T).

Motorola Marshmallow Update

Our most adored manufacturer when it comes to software updates is Motorola. Boy! This company can be quicker than Google at times. Last year Motorola released the Lollipop update within 30 days of official release and we expect it to do the same for Marshmallow update for its new Flagship devices and 30-60 days for the 2nd Gen. Moto X.

Samsung Galaxy Marshmallow Update

Marshmallow update for Samsung Galaxy devices will be rolling out in between the 30-90 days timeframe for the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge international variants, while the rest of Samsung’s inventory will get the Android 6.0 update throughout the year of 2016. Samsung has the most Android devices out there, so it’s understandable if the company takes much time to deliver the Marshmallow sweetness to all of its capable devices.

Sony Xperia Marshmallow Update

Sony is yet another manufacturer with a slow record of updates when it comes to major Android releases. Give or take, Sony Xperia users will be waiting for 60-90 days of official release for the Marshmallow update to hit their devices. However, Sony has this fun way to let you taste the latest of Android via the official AOSP builds, which will be for Android 6.0 Marshmallow this year and will probably arrive before the Xperia skinned builds of Marshmallow hits your Sony devices.

LG Marshmallow Update

Well, if you have ever seen the portfolio of LG devices in comparison to Samsung, you’d know how much love the brothers from the same motherland share. And that love goes for the Android update schedule as well. LG will probably release the Marshmallow update for its flagship device LG G4 first and within 30 days for sure. And the rest of the devices between 30-90 days or more.

HTC Marshmallow Update

HTC is a slacker like Sony. We expect these companies to perform faster updates every year, but that has hardly ever happened. So we are just going to say that HTC might take 60-90 days or possibly 90+ days to push out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for its flagship devices, let alone the mid-range devices which the company sells equally well in the developing markets.

That’s all we can guess for Marshmallow update release date from these major Android device manufacturers. We’ll update this post as soon as we get to know of any official statements from any of these companies.

Stay tuned.. Marshmallow ftw!

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Kapil Malani

A die-hard Liverpool FC fan, Kapil is a big fan of Batman, Android and street Cricket. In that order, probably. Email: [email protected]

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