According to the official Android distribution figures from last month, it was revealed that Android 5.x Lollipop was sitting at 25%, which more or less means that the build accounted for at least a quarter of Android devices. We’re looking at you, Google. Now only one major update is being released per year.
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Also, the Nexus Player’s Leanback launcher is getting updated to a new version, with one small but useful feature in tow – users can now re-order the position of their apps on screen.
Android 6.0.1 restores that future to the mix.
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Though more recent versions of Android have made tremendous strides in catching up to, and in some eyes surpassing, iOS in terms of overall usability, most Android users today are still unable to enjoy the latest and greatest features available on Google’s mobile platform. Using Alphabet’s Google Now technology, Now on Tap scans an Android device for whatever is currently going on, then returns contextually relevant information. Depending on the device you are using the update file could have a size of around 100 MB, so use a WiFi network to avoid unwanted data charges. The Desire EYE is running Android 5.1 in Japan and the company is still evaluating if it will get updated to Android 6.0.1. To make the user aware how important was the fix, just by heading to the Nexus Security Bulletin page and it stated that it fixed 4 critical issues, 10 high level fixes and 2 moderate fixes. Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 owners check out the tutorials here and here, while instructions on how to flash the 6.0.1 factory images on Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P can be found here and here. The tutorials for Nexus 7 2013 WiFi and WiFi+LTE aren’t ready yet, but we promise to post them in the next couple of days. Older versions of Android, including Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Gingerbread, power 6.5% of Android devices. The update has further tweaked the mode by allowing the user to mute all notifications up until the next scheduled alarm that is set by the user goes off. This gives the user the time not to bother with any notifications until he or she is ready to take them on.
