This year, the company has already shown the 6th version of its Android mobile operating system. She received the name Marshmallow. This is how the very M stands for, about which fans have been speculating and betting all summer. Despite the fact that this is not 5.2, but a whole 6.0, there are much fewer new features and notable updates than it was in 5. But this is not surprising, because 5 set a new direction, and 6 simply strengthens its position. So, what's new in Zephyrinka?
Google Now on Tap
This is probably the main feature that the creators boasted about and the fans were waiting for. It analyzes the contents of your screen at a particular moment and offers interesting features. If you're browsing the latest movies in the app, Now on Tap will show you a list of upcoming shows. Listening to music, you can get comprehensive information about the artist, and talking in the messenger about a particular restaurant, you can book a table in it or call. Thus, Google knows even more about you, but uses it only for your own benefit.
Support for new standards and technologies
Here it is worth mentioning two innovations at once. Fingerprint sensors, which Apple brought to the market and USB Type-C, which everyone has been talking about for a long time. Many companies, including Samsung, have already installed fingerprint sensors in their devices, but they used their own developments, but now this function is native, that is, any manufacturer can add a sensor to their smartphone and not create special software for this. USB Type-C is a new standard that will finally save everyone from the problem of an inverted cable. Now the cord can be inserted in either direction and not waste precious time. It will take at least a year for this technology to become mainstream, but Google's attention speaks volumes.
Setting Application Permissions
Surely, many users, when installing new applications, wondered why a particular program needs so much access to personal data or individual smartphone functions. If access to the camera of the application for creating a photo can be explained, then the permission to view SMS for the next game looks rather strange. Now any user can control which functions each of the applications installed on his mobile device will have access to.
Doze - another step towards efficient energy saving
The new power saving mode makes smart use of your battery. The smartphone understands when you are not using it, and, to the maximum, disables all background processes. Due to their inactivity, basically, the charge is saved.
Embedded Chrome
This innovation will appeal to both developers and fans of the Chrome browser. So, the creators of applications that need to open web pages will no longer have to embed or create third-party solutions. This role will be played by the browser from Google. In addition, it will integrate well, and the user will not even notice when, in fact, a web page is open, and when the content of the application itself is on the screen.
New features for working with a memory card
Google, like Apple, actively fought against memory cards, but at some point stopped and reached the point that now on any device running Android 6 Marshmallow you can use a memory card as a system volume. This is a useful feature for those who do not have devices with a large amount of internal memory.
Android Pay, improved text tools, themes and more
Together with Android 6, the Android Pay payment system is launched, which, unfortunately, is not yet available with us. For those who often copy, cut and paste text, the developers have simplified this process a bit by adding a context menu with commands right above the selected text. Also in the settings, users can choose a dark or light theme for the OS. Smartphones powered by Marshmallow can now act as chargers for other devices. Now, finally, users can backup the system without the help of third-party applications.
It's safe to say that Marshmallow is a quality update for the Android operating system that simply improves the user experience, but does not bring radically new features. And rightly so, given that the global update took place just a year ago.
Now it's even easier to update and install the operating system of your smartphone or tablet to the latest version. Now, to install a new firmware, just download Android 6.0 from our website, follow the instructions from the downloaded archive, download and install the application on your smartphone or tablet with the Android operating system.
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Get a quick response with Now on Tap
With the new Now on Tap feature in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, it's easier than ever to find what you're looking for.
All you have to do is press and hold the home button and info, and you can do the same with the app. You will have information depending on what you watch, read or listen to.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow can extend the life of your battery with a new power saving feature that makes the software use your battery smartly, making it last longer.
Apps you rarely use or don't use at all go into App Standby mode, which means they won't waste battery life by running in the background. This will give you more time to work with your favorite applications.
Plus, the new Doze feature automatically puts your device to sleep when it senses you haven't been using it in a while, saving battery life even when you're not thinking about it at all.
Unlock your device with one touch
Fingerprint scanning is another built-in feature in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It makes unlocking your Android device more convenient and secure.
The technology, known as Nexus Imprint, helps Nexus devices recognize fingerprints faster than anyone else, but older devices will also get this ability. You can now use your fingerprints not only to unlock your device, but also to work with Android Pay, the Play Store and other applications to pay for goods and services.
Better app permission management
Android 5.0 Lollipop lets you quickly access your phone and camera app from your lock screen. Android 6.0 Marshmallow takes things a step further by allowing you to access voice commands without unlocking your device.
Now you can talk to apps while controlling the device with your voice. For example, you can say "listen to NPR" and Android 6.0 Marshmallow will open the radio app and turn on the NPR radio station.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow has a new feature for finding and downloading your favorite apps. It shows a list of apps installed on your device in alphabetical order, and you can scroll vertically through the list to find the one you want.
You can also type in the name of the app you're looking for, but the new search engine has an even smarter trick: it remembers which apps you use at certain times of the day and in certain places so it can predict what you're looking for. These predicted apps show up at the top of the search engine and are now easier than ever to download.
With Android 6.0 Marshmallow, it's even easier to switch between devices with Auto Backup for apps. This means that when you get a new device, all applications will be automatically installed on it.
Even better, if you're using the new app on your device, you can pick up where you left off on your old device.
Call Log, sync settings, Do Not Disturb settings, access settings and more can also be automatically saved and restored.
While you can expand storage using microSD cards on many Android devices (we'd love to see Apple do that as well), there's still a difference between external and built-in storage features.
With Flex Storage, you can insert an SD card and Flex Storage makes it work like built-in storage, allowing you to install apps, games, and more on the SD card without any additional configuration. It will also encrypt your data so it can be used openly on your device.
If you enjoy sharing pictures, videos, and more with other people or your home devices, then the new Direct Share option is perfect for you.
All the people, apps and services you share the most will let you do so with just one tap.
We decided to find out what features Google has added to the new version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Most of the novelties were deeply hidden in the operating system.
The lock screen is cleaner
Over the years, Google has tried many different things with the lock screen. There were good ideas, but more often for some reason they were bad. Fortunately, the developers settled on the fact that the lock screen should be simple and useful.
Marshmallow's screen lock system is just that: the clock is bigger, so you don't have to strain to know the time when you glance at the device. The notification panel has been improved with a quick settings drop-down menu. The dialer shortcut at the bottom left has been replaced with Google Now so you can now start a voice search without even unlocking your device. And if you set up protection with a password or a graphic code, the system will offer you a convenient panic button, which can be useful if you find yourself in an emergency.
We've never been thrilled with widgets and other things that clutter up the screen during lockdown, so we're glad Marshmallow no longer has them.
Copy and paste - easier
Android was one of the first mobile operating systems to implement copy and paste capabilities - and now Google is jumping on its head again.
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With Marshmallow, Google uses a copy and paste feature that's simpler and more convenient than what we've seen so far. Latched clicks now work faster and you don't have to wait for the action selection window to appear. In addition, Google got rid of the awkward editing menu, replacing it with more obvious options that appear right next to the selected text. And if you have installed Google Translate, the copy and paste settings will allow you to instantly translate the text. This feature alone makes life easier.
Settings menu - more informative
Each new version of Android features a slightly more user-friendly settings menu. Unfortunately, for now, this can only be considered a sign that Google is still defining how Android should be built.
For example, if you scroll down the settings menu to the "About phone" tab, you will find a section there that tells you when you last received system security updates. It's nice that such transparency of the operating system is becoming generally accepted. However, the developers also pursued their own goals, in particular, trying to dispel the myths from the series “Android is insecure!”
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Gone is the rather odd Google Settings app. Instead, a menu item appeared in the Settings. It seems that this decision was obvious before, but better late than never. You can also go to the new memory management menu to see how much RAM your device is using and if it's running normally.
Now on Tap is now following you. And it's not that bad
If you've always wondered why you're being asked to give Google access to your information, you'll find the answer in Google Now on Tap. Not only is this one of Marshmallow's best features, but it's also a reminder that Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana are still not up to the task.
The Now on Tap API learns everything you see on the screen and suggests relevant search results. Hold down the Home button to turn on Now on Tap and the feature will do its best to get to know you better.
For example, in the news about the Marshmallow update, Now on Tap was able to ignore mentions of numerous Android models from OEM partners, recognizing that the context of the article was about when the update would be released for these devices. The function also provided us with links to additional materials.
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Now on Tap also works with third-party apps. For example, on Instagram, you need to tap the screen 2-3 times to open Google Maps and continue the route to the place where your friends checked in. But now, with Now on Tap, all you need to do is hold down the Home button when a photo is shown on the screen, and you'll get a quick link to view the street where it was taken. If you select this option, Google will show you a real photo of the place you are interested in. It's much easier.
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But what we enjoyed the most was using Now on Tap along with a reminder service, where Google Now just doesn't work. For example, many girls like to take care of themselves on the weekends, but often forget when hair coloring is scheduled and when they need to go for a manicure. Now, right in the mail app, you can hold down the Home button and quickly add an event reminder to your calendar. All it takes is two clicks!
Now on Tap works from the moment you enable this option, just like Google Now - from the first moment you sign in to your device. The idea here is this: if you use a Google phone, the Google search engine will provide you with more contextual information. And it seems to make life a lot easier because of this - no more copying words and other things to just paste them into other applications.
Applications can be controlled
App permissions have been one of the hottest topics for years. In Android 4.3, to help users know which apps were taking on too much, Google introduced the App Ops feature, but it was quickly forgotten because it was useless. Today, if you don't like that an app has access to an important part of your OS, the only option you have is to not install it.
Marshmallow really helps solve the app permission dilemma. Play Store will no longer prompt you to approve all permissions before installing an app all at once. Instead, the app will ask you for permission when it needs to access some part of your device, such as the camera. And now only you will decide whether to allow it or not. If you deny the application, its features that depend on this permission will not be active - but everything else will work.
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Control over your personal Android operating system is no longer an illusion. Granting permissions to applications is a very important point, because they voice in what context they need something. In addition, these permissions create a new level of confidence for those users who would otherwise refuse to use Android due to recent security concerns.
Data is correctly backed up
Android has been a really bad operating system for those who change devices frequently. This was true before the advent of Tap & Go in Lollipop - before the transition from one test device to another was a real pain in the ass.
However, fortunately, the Tap & Go feature made it easy to transfer your applications to a new device, but, alas, the data, alas, did not move with them. And while Android had a backup solution, it hasn't worked properly since Froyo.
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Marshmallow offers an Auto Backup feature and it seems to work. Here's how the solution works: Marshmallow uploads all application data to Google Drive, including user-created items such as accounts and settings. The system stores all your call protocols and Wi-Fi passwords, and this data is not taken into account and may exceed the storage quota. By default, an automatic backup will be created every 24 hours when the phone is idle and connected to Wi-Fi. You can check if you have a backup through the Google Drive app, but you can't control what data gets backed up and which apps get backed up.
Backups can only work on Marshmallow devices at this time - which is strange as Google will be updating this API via Google Play Services. However, it looks like this feature is not finished yet, and we will look at it again in a while.
Battery power is used more efficiently
Even though the name Doze is reminiscent of cough syrup, this is a new and really impressive Marshmallow battery-saving feature. When you leave your phone or tablet on the table in the kitchen or somewhere else, the device goes into hibernation mode. That is, in fact, the same battery charge is saved as at the moment when you left the device. Network access services and background processes are combined and run intermittently - only high-priority tasks run normally. As soon as you turn on the display of the device, all notifications will “pounce” on you at the same time, as if your device was discharged and just turned on. This is an amazing feature, and we were really impressed with how little power the Nexus 6 used when it was on all night. With Wi-Fi enabled, it used only 2% of the energy, and with LTE enabled, the system ate only 10%.
Doze uses the accelerometer to detect when you're asleep, so the feature won't turn on if you're walking or driving. To activate it, you need the device to be at one point for a certain time. High priority messages, such as those from apps like Google Hangouts, will still arrive and keep your device from sleeping until you disable notifications. Google has given developers the power to decide if their app's notifications can make their way through Doze mode. But we hope that messages like bonus coin offers in Pokemon Shuffle won't show up on the device when it should be "resting".
You can disable autorun preinstalled software
Tired of preinstalled apps popping up on your device after every reboot? Marshmallow has an App Standby feature that will help you turn them off. In the Marshmallow developer options, you can simply deactivate apps you don't need and they won't run anymore. We wouldn't recommend this feature if you're unsure of what you're doing, but it can be really helpful for those who are seriously affected by "left" apps on Android phones from third parties.
There are other options in this section that will help you configure how applications work on your device. Marshmallow is able to terminate an application a minute after you switch to another one, as well as determine how many background processes can run at the same time. We're thrilled that users have the ability to work with these Android settings, but at the same time, we're curious how it will work on third-party Android devices when software updates come to them.
Fingerprinting for all the money
Fingerprint scanners on Android devices are nothing new. Samsung, HTC, Huawei and even Motorola have had them for a long time. But it's been a long time since Android introduced its own fingerprint API library, and now developers can easily embed these features into their applications, such as mobile payments.
Currently, only the Nexus 6P and 5X support built-in Marshmallow fingerprinting, and we'll be sure to share how this library works as soon as these devices get our hands on it. In addition, it is very interesting whether players such as LG, HTC and others will use the new API or continue to work with their own.
The Android operating system is currently the most popular. It is installed on more than 1.2 billion devices worldwide. But few people know that this OS contains hidden features. The Internet project "Be mobile" studied the "secret functions" and prepared a list of the most interesting of them.
1. Hidden mini-game
id="sub0">Starting with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Google will place on all Android smartphones, the so-called "Easter eggs" - hidden secrets that can be seen by performing a series of non-obvious actions. Like the names of OS versions, Easter eggs in it, as a rule, are also associated with sweets: in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, they were flying jelly beans, in Android 4.4 KitKat - the OS logo in the style of the Nestle sweet of the same name, and in Android 5.0 Lollipop - hidden Flappy Bird style game. Android 6.0 Marshmallow did not stand aside either.
In order to access the mini-game, open "Settings". Go to "About phone" or "About tablet". Quickly tap on "Android Version" a few times. A marshmallow stylized as an android's head will appear on the screen. If you quickly click on it a few more times, a mini-game will open.
Like in Android 5.0, the Android 6.0 minigame is inspired by Flappy Bird, but the lollipops are replaced with marshmallows in the shape of a robot head. The game has fun graphics and, although it looks simple, it is quite difficult to score at least 10 points in it. I got 4 points max. Couldn't do it anymore.
2. Smartphone remote control
id="sub1">Lost mobile devices based on Android OS can be found and blocked, but Google has hidden this option deep enough. It is activated in the menu "Settings -> Security -> Device administrators" in the "Android Remote Control" section.
Check the box next to "Remote device search" and "Remote lock".
Activate extended rights for the device manager on request. Now you can manage the device from google.com/android/devicemanager in your Google account or through the Android Remote Control app
People who are familiar with Android will easily recover deleted files if you don't encrypt your mobile device. To enable this option, open "Settings -> Security -> Device Encryption". Set encryption.
3. Safe mode
id="sub2">Another Android security feature is "safe mode". It deactivates all third party applications. Moreover, in "safe mode" they can be deleted if for some reason they are incompatible with your mobile device, ended up in the boot loop by accident, are trojans or viruses.
To start the "safe mode" hold down the power button. When the menu for turning off the smartphone and activating airplane mode opens, hold your finger for a long time on the “Power off” item. Then confirm booting in safe mode.
The smartphone will boot into "safe mode". Icons of all third-party applications will be greyed out. In which case they can be safely removed.
4. Sync and push notification settings
id="sub3">When installing certain applications, you do not think about permissions to send push notifications or any other. Over time, these applications begin to spam unnecessary information. Games in particular suffer from this, but there can be quite ordinary applications. Luckily, notifications can be turned off.
To do this, open "Settings -> Applications -> All", find the culprit and select "Notifications". Here you can either disable all notifications at once (“Block All”), or allow only “swipe” notifications (“Short notifications”), etc.
5. Advanced WLAN settings
id="sub4">On Android, there is a settings section that is completely invisible to most users with additional Wi-Fi options. To get to it, you need to go to "Settings -> Wi-Fi", then press the menu key and select "Additional functions". Here you can turn off notifications about detected networks, turn off Wi-Fi in sleep mode, prevent the use of Wi-Fi networks with a bad signal, and set up Wi-Fi Direct (direct pairing of devices without using an access point).
6. Setting up mobile Internet traffic control
id="sub5">In Android, without third-party programs, you can monitor Internet traffic. For example, now many mobile operators provide a limited package of free traffic for a month. To control this traffic and not exceed the quota, or to understand how much traffic is left, you can set limits.
To do this, in the settings there is a separate item "Data transfer". There you can set a traffic limit, upon reaching which a notification will appear, as well as a limit, after which the data transfer will be automatically turned off. For each application, separate statistics are kept on data in the background and active modes, a graph is built. Starting with Android 5.0, this interface is also available in quick settings, by touching the mobile network icon.
7. Blocking calls from specific numbers
id="sub6">It happens that you need to block calls from a specific number. There are no special blacklists in Android, and applications available on Google Play block numbers through dirty hacks and not always correctly.
However, the blocking of individual numbers can be obtained in the basic version of Android, for this it is enough just to send objectionable subscribers to voice mail. To do this, click on the desired contact, then click the edit icon, then the menu and select the item “Voice only. mail". In the same place, by the way, you can set a separate ringtone for the ill-fated subscriber.
8. Disable preinstalled apps
id="sub7">It happens that the manufacturer preinstalls a lot of incomprehensible programs and applications that you do not use. They occupy a certain memory, and you dream of getting rid of them.
On Android, you can disable many pre-installed apps. To do this, go to "Settings -> Applications" and open the "All" tab. Now you can view the list of available utilities. Select the desired application, and then click "Disable". Now you can click on "Erase data". For "frozen applications" that cannot be simply deleted, there is a separate "Disabled" tab. Unfortunately, not all applications can be frozen. Which one depends on the manufacturer.
9. Expand internal memory
id="sub8">In Android, there has always been a problem with expanding the internal memory of a smartphone. The connected SD card did not allow this, remaining external storage. The function of transferring applications to a memory card, which appeared in Android 2.2, also did not really save the situation. Finally, in Android 6.0, Google finally decided to fix the situation. Now, after connecting a flash drive or SD card, the system offers two options. The first is to use it as a removable medium. The second is to make an internal drive.
In the second case, the smartphone will format the flash drive in the ext4 file system using 128-bit AES encryption and mount it as a system partition. Next, a read and write speed test will be carried out. Now, unfortunately, all memory cards are significantly inferior in speed to built-in memory, which in theory can lead to slowness in the device. Fortunately, only the time of opening a particular application or loading part of it depends on the performance of the disk subsystem. And all calculations are carried out outside the disk.
10. Quick change of letter case
id="sub9">It happens that the text is already written and you need to change the case of individual letters or whole words. Android has a secret about this. To change the case of letters or to make words or sentences already capitalized in an already entered message, just select the message and press the Shift button one or more times until the desired result is obtained.
11. Quick access to settings
id="sub10">On Android 5 and Android 6, quick settings can be accessed by pulling out the shutter with two fingers. Of course, you can access quick settings the old fashioned way: swipe down twice across the screen. But this has nothing to do with secrets.
12. Quickly switch to silent mode
id="sub11">You can quickly turn on the vibration mode in Android 5 and Android 6 by pressing the volume key, and then clicking on the icon on the left side of the slider that appears. This option in practice turns out to be much faster than repeatedly pressing the volume down key on the end of the smartphone.
13. Call magnifier
id="sub12">Android has a screen magnifier. To enable it, you need to sequentially go to "Settings -\u003e Special. options -> Gestures to zoom". Now any part of the screen can be enlarged by clicking on it three times. This feature may be particularly useful for the visually impaired and the elderly.
14. Disable adding shortcuts to the desktop
id="sub13">To disable the automatic creation of icons on the desktop, launch the Play Store. Then go to settings and uncheck "Add icons". Now, by default, program icons will only appear in the general list.
15. Hidden Game in Chrome Browser
id="sub14">At the end of our selection, another hidden game, this time in the Chrome mobile browser. Try turning off Wi-Fi and mobile Internet on your smartphone (tablet). Next, open Chrome.
When you try to go to any address, the browser will display an error with its code. A dinosaur will appear above the text. If at this moment you click on the dinosaur, the character will come to life and begin to move around the screen. It's like the old PlayStation world: by touching the screen you can control a dinosaur that jumps over cacti, and, like in any similar game, your task is to survive and score the maximum number of points. Of course, the game is quite primitive, but catchy for a long time. Tested on myself!
By the way, now this game has become available for download in the Google Play Store and it is called Dino Run - Dinosty.
When Android updated to LolliPop 5.0, we all saw that a clumsy OS could look stylish. Material Design, which came with the "five", and now continues to develop. In Marshmallow 6.0, Android did not begin to look different - there is, of course, a difference between 5.0 and 6.0, but it is not as striking as KitKat had with LolliPop. But a lot of things have changed within the system itself. What exactly - we will discuss further.
Loading applications in Android 6.0 now works beautifully - programs seem to open from icons, no matter where they are located on the desktop. In the menu of installed applications, everything is also different: now, instead of scrolling through several menu pages in search of the desired program, you can simply scroll the list. These new features in Android 6.0 may seem inconvenient at first: before, let's say, you knew exactly which page of the menu you need to scroll to to launch the application - and many did it automatically without thinking - now you have to put up with quickly scrolling through the list and trying to get to desired icon the first time.
In order not to search for a long time, you can bring frequently used applications to the desktop, for example, combine them into folders or put widgets - you say, and you will be right. But Google also offers a third way: now the 4 most frequently used programs will hang in a separate block in the application menu. So to speak, the quick access menu. The order of programs in this "four" and its "composition" can change not only based on how often you use this or that application, but also when exactly you prefer to use them. Thus, if a smartphone / tablet is in your hands - not only for checking social networks and games, and you live according to a schedule with your gadget - go for morning runs on Mon-Wed-Fri, on Saturdays you read books, and on Sundays you prefer to listen random selections on Soundcloud - the system will take this into account, and in the header of the application menu every day will look different.
Plus, applications in this menu can be searched by alphabetical index: if you scroll, sticking to the right edge of the display, you will see the alphabet. When there are really a lot of applications, the option can be useful. Although the easiest way to search for the program you need is using the search bar, located all in the same menu above the four favorite programs. Start typing a name - the system will find the desired program in the list of installed ones or in Google Play, if suddenly it is not available on your device.
One more thing: the new version of Android offers to remove applications directly from the desktop. Recall that in previous versions of the OS, it was only possible to clean the desktop from icons, and deleting applications was possible only from the menu. Now, while holding the icon, you can choose the option to delete - only the icon or the application as such.
Notifications
That's something, and updating this menu back in Android LolliPop confused many users. The fact is that the menu that allows you to give priority to some applications to notify you about updates was in fact of little use to anyone - it was done, perhaps with the best of intentions, but did not look like something practical. Now, being in the quick settings menu, the “stub” has every chance of becoming useful.
The Do Not Disturb mode in the new Android has three variations: Total Silence, Alarm Only, and Important Only, which determine when and which apps can notify you about anything. You can customize every graph in Android 6.0 to the point of meticulous detail, and this is the second point that makes Marshmallow almost the most personalized operating system. Rate:
"Total silence." Disables all signals, including vibration and light signals, your phone number is still available, you can only find out that you are being called unless you tirelessly look at the black display of your smartphone while waiting for an incoming call. As in the other two menus, in this one you can set the time for deactivation of "Until I turn off" or adjust the exact time for the "quiet" mode.
Click "Settings" - "Only important". In this menu of the new Android, you can set exceptions: which applications in this mode can tell you something. Alarm clock, Reminders, Events can be ON/OFF, and for the Calls and Messages items, specify from whom to receive notifications (From anyone, Only from contacts, Only from marked contacts, or From no one). In the same menu there is an item “Repeated calls”, when activated, even with the most strict “Do Not Disturb” settings, you will be notified of an incoming call if the annoying caller who tried to get through dialed you two or more times in the last 15 minutes. Pretty good: what if something really important?
There is also a “Rules” item, focused on those who live according to a schedule and know exactly what they will be doing next Tuesday at 19:00. In the "Rules" you can create or use a template to activate the "silence" mode on a certain day and time automatically. For example, you want to be undisturbed on weekday evenings from 22:00 to 07:00 the next day (except for an alarm, say). And here you are - please - sleep peacefully, putting your smartphone away from the bed.
Or the second classic scenario: turning on silent mode during any events that you previously agreed to attend through the Calendar application. It’s also very convenient: your office is going to the cinema in the evening, someone proactive sends invitations to everyone on Google+, you accept the invitation, which is immediately synchronized with your calendar. And - woo! - go to the cinema and do not worry - the phone will not ring during the session.
Items "Only important" and "Rules" are in the general settings of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, i.e. the entered values will be valid for each type of silent mode.
Working with text inAndroid 6.0
Tap and hold on a piece of text of interest is not new. However, now the Copy / Paste menu and other functions do not pop up in the screen header, as it was before, but right above the selected characters. Plus, new options appeared in Android 6.0 Marshmallow: for example, "Translate" - the selected text can be translated into any of the languages \u200b\u200bavailable to Google Translator, and by pressing one key you can replace your Russian language with the desired foreign language (note that Google Translator, of course, is capable of to many things, but it is not omnipotent and does not always translate the text correctly).
directshare
There can be only 8 such "quick" contacts for sharing information, and only 5 recipients are assigned to one application in this list. Yes, it would be illogical to transfer a little bit of everyone to the quick send menu, cluttering it with icons, but eight recipients may not seem enough to someone. The disadvantage of the option is that this list may not include the recipients with whom you would like to share something: for example, you had the last active chat with the boss, and his icon appeared in this menu. You cannot remove him from the list - he writes so much to you! - but throwing links from the network is not at all in your circle of business interests with him.
The function, I must say, is still under development and it has every chance of becoming usable. It remains only to give more applications synchronization with Direct share and allow the user to edit the quick access list.
Device memory manager
It is not a fact that 90% of users will ever look at this menu item, but by going to Settings - Device - Memory, you can see which applications have used your device's memory for one time or another and how much they have loaded the RAM memory.
And in the "Storage and USB drive" menu, you can now find the file manager. It's not omnipotent - it can only move, delete, and send files to selected contacts - but it's the first such built-in option in Android.
Application settings
Another rather interesting item is the additional settings of Applications, in which you can, for example, change the permissions of installed programs or set / change the applications used by default. In the "Links in applications" menu, you can configure which programs to open links.
Nailprograms: Google Now on Tap inAndroid 6.0
The coolest thing, at the time of competing with the new features of Siri. So, now, no matter what application you are in and no matter what you do, by holding the physical or touch Home button, you can call the Now on Tap function. It will evaluate the content of the page and give you additional information about the most important search object. For example, we listen to music. In Google Music, we hold Home and get a choice: the artist's pages on social networks, the address of his official website, links to albums, news, concert schedule, etc.
And so with absolutely any application. We received a message mentioning the name of the film - we hold Home and get a synopsis, links to trailers, a promo site, a schedule of shows at a nearby cinema.
The only “but”: so far, the Now on Tap option only works if English is selected as the system language of the smartphone. But at the same time, the novelty recognizes not only ENG, but also does an excellent job with Cyrillic (and here's the proof for you below).
We repeat: for the option to work for the time being, you need to select English as the system language and, of course, turn on Wi-Fi or 3G.
camera andUSB
Android 6.0 Marshmallow now supports USB 3.1 Type-C new devices with this operating system will not only have a universal charging interface, but will also increase the data transfer rate (up to 10 Gb / s, for a second!).
The camera interface in Android 6.0 Marshmallow has also been changed: for convenience, some settings have been placed immediately on the display and in general everything has become more convenient, although nothing grandiose has changed, by and large. So far, however, only owners of the Nexus 5X and .
conclusions
Before us is not “another Android”, but a system worth waiting for. Although we saw the visual component of it last year, with the official release and Material Design, from the inside 6.0 now also looks amazing! With new, broader settings, you can reduce battery consumption, optimize device memory, find anything with Now on Tap, share information directly from open browser pages, set Do Not Disturb to turn on automatically by syncing it with your Calendar, or corny routine of the day. In a word, a great update.
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Elizabeth
Without a twinge of conscience, I ask "telephone number" from unfamiliar guys and girls. In order to check whether the lock button fits comfortably under the finger and whether autofocus works quickly :) I would like to visit MWC and keep a live blog from the thick of things.
