How to Update Android 6.0 marshmallow for Smartphone

Android 6.0 Marshmallow:

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is the currently latest full version of Android OS. Android OS is introduced, developed and maintained by Google inc. and Android 6.0 Marshmallow is the thirteenth version of Google's Android OS. It has got many useful features.

Features of Android 6.0 Marshmallow:

1. Smart Lock: Smart lock in Android 6.0 Marshmallow is a feature which lets you keep your Android phone unlocked when nearby trusted devices such as your home's wifi, or blurtooh of your car.
2. Android Pay: With Android Pay, you can use your android phone as a wallet and your bank's ATM card. You just feed the data to your phone and make payments through NFC of your phone.
3. Fingerprint API: Fingerprint API is system wide in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Not only your lock screen can be unlocked through your fingerprint, but some payments while purchasing apps can also be made. Morever, compatible applications can be accessed only when your fingerprint authorizes it.
4. Chrome Custom Tabs: Chrome custom tabs feature is now introduced in Android 6.0 Marshmallow through which you would be able to see the respective in-app web pages without having to go to the full Google Chrome web broswer.
5. Default Storage: You can switch the default storage of your phone between internal storage and your memory card. This breaks barriers to storage limitations.
6. Now on Tap: Google now integration is improved in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, by long pressing your phone's home button, you let Google read everything on current screen and present to you, the relevant Google now cards swiftly.

Part 1: Android 6.0 Marshmallow updatable phone list

In order to know how to update Android 6.0 Marshmallow on your phone, you must have an eligible phone. Eligible phones mean those phones which will receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. If your phone is not on the list, you're out of luck.

Here's a list of Android 6.0 Marshmallow updatable phones:

Part 2: How to Update Android 6.0 on Nexus Device

In this section, we are going to share with you how to update Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Google's Nexus device. Step by step approach is enumerated as follows.

Just make sure to follow these simple steps in order to know how to update Android 6.0 Marshmallow:

Step 1 Checking for updates:

1. Take up your Nexus device and go to "Phone Settings"
2. Scroll down to the "About Phone" section of phone settings.
3. After opening the about phone, tap on "Check for software updates"
4. When your Nexus device is done checking for update, you should see "An update is ready to install"

Step 2 Download update:

1. When you see "An update is ready to be installed", tap on "Download"
2. While your update is ready to be installed, make sure to backup your important data. For this, follow the last section of this article.
3. Make sure your phone is charged atleast 60%

Step 3 Installation:

1. After a backup has been made of your important data, make sure the phone charge is over 60%
2. Tap on "Install"
3. The phone will go in recovery mode and begin the installation of Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
4. Do not do anything to your phone and wait for the following screen to go away, your phone will reboot and update will be installed.

Part 3: How to Update Android 6.0 on other phones?

In order to show you how to update Android 6.0 Marshmallow on a Samsung phone, I am going to choose Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (Eligible for update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow) in this tutorial. The basic steps are similiar to update any other phone.

Step 1 Checking for update:

1. For this purpose, go to the "About Phone" section of your Galaxy S6 Edge Phone Settings.
2. Tap on "Check for software updates"
3. If your Galaxy S6 edge has received the update, then you should see the following screen whereby it's written "An update is ready to be installed"

Step 2 Downloading and making your phone ready to update:

1. Make a backup of your important data by following the details of the next part of this article.
2. Tap on "Install Now" and your Android 6.0 Marshmallow update will be downloaded in a while.
3. Make sure that your phone is charged atleast 70%.

Step 3 Installation:

1. When all the above steps are followed, tap on "Install" button as soon as the Android 6.0 update is downloaded on your Galaxy S6 Edge.
2. The phone will go into recovery mode and then begin the installation of Android 6.0 update.
3. After a while, you phone will reboot and update will be installed.
4. Adjust the settings of your phone according to your own needs.

Part 4: What to do before updating to Android 6.0 Marshmallow?

1. As you know the Android OS is installed on the internal storage of the phone, and also your data is stored on the same internal storage normally. There is a risk that when a whole new OS is going to take place instead of Android 5.0 Lollipop in order to update your phone, your data would be lost. You don't want this to happen. In case this happens, you should be prepared to face the consequences. However, in order to avoid this, you should first back up your important data throught Wondershare MobileGo before updating your Android phone.

2. Although modern OS updating processes have advanced and they do not disturb your data in the phone, but still there is a risk of loss of data due to partial or full corruption of files etc. which you don't want to happen to your important data. This risk is always there and the best solution to address this risk is to back up your important data before updating your phone to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Wondershare MobileGO will ease your way at just two clicks.

How Wondershare MobileGO will help us to in how to update Android 6.0:

1. Back up important data: Wondershare MobileGO will help you in order to back up your important data before updating to Android 6.0 Marshmallow so that it is not lost, at just one click.
2. Recover the importan data: Wondershare MobileGO will recover your important data in your phone after you update your phone to Android 6.0 Marshmallow just at one click.

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