Less than a month ago we were able to find out which would be the Samsung devices that would be updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the latest version of Android that brings with it new features such as Google on Now, app permissions or that Doze system to increase the battery, which does seem to be working like a charm. This is causing many users to wait for this new version of Android on their devices to be able to extend the autonomy of their phones when they are in sleep mode.
Today, those of you who have a Samsung device, you are lucky enough to know when your update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow will arrive for the next few months. This Marshmallow Upgrades Roadmap arrives depending on the age of the phone, which as you can guess, the first two to receive Marshmallow will be the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge +. A Marshmallow that is already reaching certain terminals, while others will have it this same month of November as it seems to be with the Sony Xperia Z5.
Two phases
This list includes two phases. The first includes the high-end products according to their age. As you can see, the most recent, such as the Note 5 and the S6 edge +, will be the first to receive the Marshmallow update in December, while the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge they will receive it in january. This update will be followed by the two new high-end Samsungs such as the Note 4 and the Note Edge, although already for the month of February.
Those that remain to be approved for they get their share of Marshmallow there are two from the first list and six from the second. Here we include the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Alpha, Galaxy A8, Galaxy A7, Galaxy A5, Galaxy A3, Galaxy E7 and Galaxy E5. The availability date is not known, so it will take a while to confirm it.
From those lists, we can find a third which includes the additional devices that will receive this update sometime in 2016, so if you can't find your phone on the list and it has been one that is in the two years that are usually the time frame in which it is update, do not despair that you will have Android 6.0.
A Galaxy S5 that does not know its update date
Of all those phones the worst is the Galaxy S5. Let's see, it is one of the two high-end Samsung smartphones of the year 2014. A mobile that exceeded € 600 and that now, its users, do not really know when they will update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Surely it will not go through March or April, but others can know the dates of their updates, why not one that has a Galaxy S5.
A high-end at that price, at least, that have a worthy support And that a user does not have to be desperate for himself, he can update to a version of Android that has not been that big change as it was between 4.4 and 5.0. That is why we continue err with erre trying to make manufacturers understand the importance of updates, because surely a user with a Galaxy S5 really thinks if he is interested in purchasing a high-end from this manufacturer so that he does not know when his update will arrive. Yes, during 2016, but there are many months ahead.
And in the meantime, certain phones are already starting to get a Marshmallow that is enabling manufacturers to update their phones quickly. Above all, those who they don't have a heavy custom cape such as Motorola or Sony itself, which is becoming easier to integrate the news of the new version of Android without having to invest a lot of money in software engineers looking for a way to integrate their own, as it would be with Touchwiz or Sense , in Marshmallow.
As usually happens in Android, patience the mother of sciences...