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Mystery over: this is Andriod Marshmallow

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We’re getting closer to the official release of what is going to be Android Marshmallow. Ever since March rumors started happening about this new iteration, and Google themselves confirmed in may during the Google I/O that the next Android OS would be codenamed “M”, but without any further explanation of what M stood for.

Following the tradition of naming their mobile OS’s with brands or candy names, Google have finally revealed what the M stands for in the new Android M: Marshmallow. This new version, Android 6.0, will be arriving during fall, and will again depend on phone companies if and when they update their current OSs. As of now, Google confirmed all Nexus owners will be able to flash their devices to upgrade to Android 6.0.

Android M brings forth updates that deal with security. Mainly the permissions that apps ask for, which instead of asking for all of them from the get-go, each permission will have to be granted individually whence they are needed, as to prevent malaware from getting control of the phone.

Along with the reveal of the name, Google have revealed the new Android 6.0 SDK with a Marshmallow software preview exclusive for Nexus devices. This update also brings support for Google’s Android Pay mobile app, USB Type-C support and, as always, stability tweaks all over. As opposed to Android 5.0 Lollipop, this new version doesn’t seem a substantial user interface update.

And on some related hardware news, rumors have been going around that Android 6.0 Marshmallow might make its debut on two new devices, one from Huawei and, more interestingly, a Nexus 5 sequel from LG leaked not long ago, one of the most critically acclaimed phones of the last cycle.

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Is Google getting ready to introduce Android M in 2015?

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The rumor mill claims that Android’s big event for 2015 Google I/O 2015, will see the announcement of the next Android generation, dubbed Android M. M as in Marshmallow?

 Starting on the 28th of May, at San Francisco’s Moscone West Convention Center Google and the developer’s community will begin its conference to show the world all of Google’s tools for creation. When the agenda for the event was introduced, the 28th had an event that Google referred to as “Android for Work update”, and its description spoke about how Android M will bring the power of Android everywhere.

We say it “was” there, because shortly after being introduced, the agenda was modified, and Google removed all mentions of this new Android version.

What is Android M?

Android versions are named in alphabetical order, with the last two version being K: KitKat (v4.4) y L: Lollipop (v5.0/v5.1/v5.1.1), which is codenamed M and could end up being revealed as “Muffin”, “M&M” or “Marshmallow” v6.0.

Coming back to the phrase, “Android M will bring the power of Android everywhere”, could it be that this new version will be the one that unifies all systems, and stops the fragmentation in Google’s OS? We will have to wait until the 28th to know more about it.

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