Sony is officially releasing the Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Xperia M4 Aqua smartphones this year via over-the-air (OTA) upgrade. The news revealed that the device is already under development for the Marshmallow software.
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua smartphones and its dual versions are slated to get the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update through OTA roll out. According to the list of Sony devices revealed last year, the new build will come in the first quarter of 2016, as soon as January 2016.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow will come with Sony's native features on top of the optimizations and improvements to the existing system. In Sony's official blog site, it first divulged its roadmap plans for Marshmallow which also includes a bunch of other devices.
The official build will also be rolled out to Sony XperiaTM Z5, XperiaTM Z5 Dual, XperiaTM Z5 Compact, XperiaTM Z5 Premium, XperiaTM Z5 Premium Dual, XperiaTM Z4 Tablet, XperiaTM Z3+, XperiaTM Z3+ Dual, XperiaTM Z3, XperiaTM Z3 Dual, XperiaTM Z3 Compact, XperiaTM Z3 Tablet Compact, XperiaTM Z2, XperiaTM Z2 Tablet, XperiaTM M5, XperiaTM M4 Aqua Dual, XperiaTM C4 and XperiaTM C4 Dual.
Among the popular Android 6.0 Marshmallow features, the devices will have a more convenient notification area, native fingerprint support, extensive Android Pay, granular app permissions, app links, simplified volume slide, floating window for text selection, custom Chrome tabs, system user interface tuner, RAM memory manager, USB Type-C and USB 3.1 support, screenshots options, microSD support, aps and settings backup, Google settings and Direct share.
The notification becomes more convenient with Marshmallow. Home to settings and alerts, users have the option now to organize all these through this section. On top of that, the notification also has a few tweaks.
It works still with the two-step process. With one slide down, notifications will show up. Another slide down expands the area adding the Quick settings menu.
The button for dismiss running apps looks quite different now. Aside from that, the priority notification settings is now in the Quick settings.
