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Android marshmallow Update: When will My Device get it?

Google announced its plans for the Android Marshmallow update rollout at an event in San Francisco in late September, and Android 6.0 has been arriving to a number of its Nexus devices since the week beginning October 5. But which other devices will get the Android Marshmallow update, and when? Check out our list of devices, from Samsung, Sony, LG, Motorola, Google and more, to see which are in line for the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update.

List of Devices that will get the update first:
1. GOOGLE NEXUS
2.MOTOROLA
3. HTC
4.SAMSUNG
5.LG
6.SONY
7.ONEPLUS
8.HUAWEI
9.ASUS
10.ZTE

Others will will be out later. Infinix, innjoo and others will get theirs as soon as the final version of marshmallow is out. That is when every bug is fixed.

Motorola Android Marshmallow update

Following HTC's Marshmallow announcements (below), Motorola has revealed its current list of Motorola phones that are in line for the update. The list is subject to change, and a timeline for the individual rollouts has not yet been provided, but you should expect the most recent devices to get Marshmallow first.   
  • Moto X Pure Edition
  • Moto X Style
  • Moto X Play
  • Moto G (3rd gen)
  • Moto X (2014)
  • Moto G (2014) 
  • Moto G 4G LTE (2015)
  • DROID Turbo
  • Moto MAXX
  • Moto Turbo

HTC Android Marshmallow update

Thanks to the official HTC Twitter account, we now have a confirmed list of devices due to receive Android Marshmallow. Though the Android 6.0 update is scheduled to rollout at the end of 2015 for the HTC One M9 and HTC One M8, the fine print notes that not all carriers will be able to deliver it.
HTC Vice President of Product Management Mo Versi confirmed via twitter that the HTC One M8 GPE will receive Android Marshmallow sometime in October. GPE (Google Play Edition) phones were originally designed to offer a pure Android experience on non-Nexus devices, and were second in line only to Nexus phones when it came to Android updates, but they've been dying out lately. HTC has breathed a little life back into its GPE device with this update news.
HTC also confirmed that the HTC One M7 would not receive Marshmallow because it is now more than two years old and outside of the update window.
This list below is not final and we will keep you informed of all other HTC devices that are added to it.

This is the list of HTC devices that are confirmed to receive Android Marshmallow. / © HTC 

Samsung Android Marshmallow update

Samsung has not yet commented on its update schedule, but that hasn't stopped some websites from claiming they have an 'official' list of Samsung devices due to be updated to Android Marshmallow by the end of the year. T-Mobile has now listed its first wave of Android devices set to receive Android Marshmallow, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, with more sure to receive the update later.
SamMobile has reported on a list of devices that Samsung has been testing Marshmallow on. The list is preliminary and subject to change, but gives a good indication of devices that are likely to receive the update:
  • Galaxy S6
  • Galaxy S6 Edge
  • Galaxy S5
  • Galaxy S5 LTE-A
  • Galaxy S5 neo
  • Galaxy Note Edge
  • Galaxy Note 5
  • Galaxy S6 Edge+
  • Galaxy S6 Duos
  • Galaxy Note 4
  • Galaxy Note 4 Duos
  • Galaxy Alpha 
  • Galaxy Tab A
The Samsung flagships released this year will almost certainly get Android Marshmallow, either before the end of the year or in early 2016. We've reached out for more details on the Android Marshmallow update for Samsung Galaxy devices and will fill you in on anything we hear.


LG Android Marshmallow update

LG will be the first phone company to update one of its devices to Marshmallow. The rollout will begin with LG G4 users in Poland next week.
There's no official word yet on the LG G3, or LG G4 users in the rest of the world. Presumably, LG is using Poland as a testing ground for the software update, so the global release can proceed as smoothly as possible. Depending on how that goes, we could be waiting a few more weeks or months.
T-Mobile lists the LG G3, LG G4 and LG G Stylo among those devices set to receive Android Marshmallow in the first wave of updates.
The Korean LG support page for the LG G3 and LG G4 recently added options for Android 6.0, which suggests the firmware is set to appear on these devices sooner rather than later. Although the option currently redirects to an unrelated page, it still appears likely that LG is hard at work preparing the update.
This could also explain why LG chose to skip over the Android 5.1.1 update for their flagship devices: to better prepare for Android Marshmallow.

Sony Android Marshmallow update

Sony has released an official list of devices that will receive the Android Marshmallow update:
  • Xperia Z5
  • Xperia Z5 Compact
  • Xperia Z5 Premium
  • Xperia Z4 Tablet
  • Xperia Z3+
  • Xperia Z3
  • Xperia Z3 Compact
  • Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact
  • Xperia Z2
  • Xperia Z2 Tablet
  • Xperia M5
  • Xperia C5 Ultra
  • Xperia M4 Aqua
  • Xperia C4
The Sony support page indicates that a significant number of devices, including the Sony Xperia Z3+, Z4 Tablet, C4, C5 Ultra and M5, will be skipping the Android 5.1.1 update and going straight to Marshmallow.
This means no fix for the memory leak issue in Android 5.0, but an increased likelihood that Android Marshmallow will arrive in a more timely fashion.
There is no indication of when each device on this list will get updated, but it is bound to vary depending on the carriers and models. We'll let you know more as soon as we do.

Huawei Android Marshmallow update

Huawei might see Android Marshmallow as something sinister – that's because it must first roll out Android Lollipop to its latest smartphones. Only after that can we consider the Huawei Android Marshmallow update as something to look forward to. Huawei has said that the P8 will be the first device to get the Android M update, but has not given us a date for when this will occur.
Which phone do you have? When do you think you'll get the Android Marshmallow update?

OnePlus Android Marshmallow update

OnePlus is probably a little preoccupied with its own OS, OxygenOS, to be concerned with Android Marshmallow. Don't expect to see anything happening on the OnePlus front until 2016, when the OnePlus 2 seems the most likely to receive the update.

Asus Android Marshmallow update

Asus is a little slow to update its devices, although the Zenfone models are now on Android Lollipop. You can expect the same range, including the new Zenfone 2, to get Android Marshmallow in Asus' own time.

ZTE Android Marshmallow update

ZTE is very lackluster at updating its phones, so don't hold your breath for Android Marshmallow if you own one of its devices. The higher profile models, such as the ZTE Blade S6 and ZTE Axon, are the most likely to receive it, but even then there's no telling when.





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