What's new in Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Android / / December 19, 2019
Google Now on call in any application
Smart Assistant has become a real superhero who comes to the aid of the first user call. Now, no matter in what application you are and what you see on the screen, long tap on the Home button launches assistant, which literally scans the contents of the screen and gives all the pertinent information that he was able to detect and Compare.
How it works? For example, you are in the messenger, and the other person has mentioned the name of the film and the actress, which you know nothing.
In this case, Google Now tighten all key information.
Same with the names of people, events and addresses. You sent the name of the cafe, where a meeting is planned? Google Now will show the institution on the map. This is a completely new level of intelligent search, eliminating the need to enter text or voice queries.
Fine-tuning of the desired application permissions
Previously requested application once all the necessary permits and they did so immediately before installing or upgrading. Understand the ten requests is not always easy, especially when some of the solutions are not obvious. Now everything will be different. Request for authorization would be directly when the user accesses the function within an application that requires a permit.
For example, you put the messenger. First, as expected, will be prompted to access the Internet, that there was a connection, as well as access to contacts, to check for any user familiar people in the service. If the messenger supports voice communication, the request for access to the microphone will only appear when you try to make the first voice call. Videophone? Access to the camera will be asked just before the first video call. And so on. This is very important, because the new format of permitting a much more transparent and understandable.
In addition, the new permit system allows you to give access selectively. You can give the application the permissions they think appropriate, and all the things that you do not understand or seem unnecessary, you can disable.
Working with fingerprints at the system level
Among smartphones and tablets based on Android already has several models with a fingerprint reader. Until recently, developers had to own and from scratch to create your own soft stuffing for the scanner. Google realized the inevitability of the development of this technology and introduced support for the fingerprint scanner directly into the system.
Third-party developers will have the necessary API, accelerate and simplify the integration of fingerprint reader in the application.
USB Type-C
The very moment when the need for replacement of the cables does not cause irritation, and sincere joy. Farewell to inconvenient Micro-B. Hello, convenient two-sided Type-C.
The new connector works exactly the same as Lightning in the iPhone and iPad. He is balanced, it can be connected to any party. In addition to convenience, the new connector has a number of other advantages, but more about them we will cover in a separate article.
Doze - Advanced power saving mode
The battery is still the weakest point of any modern mobile device. Obviously, the lithium-polymer solutions in their current form have reached the ceiling, and thus extend the life of smartphones and tablets is solved by software.
Doze - it is a smart and attentive innovator that analyzes the way the user works with every device day, and corrects the functionality of the system and applications based on the characteristics of human interaction with devaysom.
What does all of this mean? For example, your tablet each day is idle for a few hours, so you not take it to work and only use the toilet in the morning and in the evening on the couch. These Doze hours to the maximum disable all functions that consume energy. Stop the application, turn off notifications and so on.
Naturally, after the release of "coma" take a few seconds to update content in applications, but the battery life, according to Google, could double.
Improved clipboard
instrument "to cut, copy, paste 'interface was a significant improvement. Earlier action options located at the top of the screen, but now the control menus appear directly above the selected content.
Chrome browser integration with other applications
You Tapan by some elements in the application, you suddenly throws in the browser, and then have to wait until the page completely progruz. Enrages? Still would! Google has decided to rectify the situation, adding Chrome Custom Tabs feature. Now, if the application has a link to a webpage, Chrome pre-load the contents of it. The transition from the application in the browser will be instantaneous, and wait for loading page content is no longer necessary.
in total
Android 6.0 Marshmallow hardly changed in appearance, and is very good. Material Design has proven its usability and attractiveness, and therefore dramatically change it makes no sense. To the delight of users, Google has focused on the technical component of the system, modifying and improving the current capacity, simultaneously bringing the missing functionality.
And what do you think of Android 6.0 Marshmallow?