The Samsung Galaxy S6 is updated to Android Marshmallow

You have a Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge? Well, we have good news for you. And it is that the star smartphones of the Korean brand in Spain, finally! have already started receiving the update to Android 6 Marshmallow, the latest version of the operating system android.

It is possible that the update notification has already arrived automatically to your Android mobile, if not, it shouldn't take too long for mobiles in Spain if your S6 or S6 edge is unlocked. If it is not free and it is from some company, movistar, of course, orange or some other, it will take longer, depending on whether these companies launch the new version or not. In other countries, it may take a while to start releasing the new version.

Android Marshmallow is coming to the Samsung Galaxy S6

Update also for free mobiles

It is true that some time ago some users in Spain had received the update to Android Marshmallow. But the novelty is that all those mobiles that had already reached them were from Vodafone, while free mobiles were waiting, in the background.

Now finally, the update to the latest version of android It has begun to arrive little by little to the free S6 and S6 Edge model. As is often the case with operating system updates, it has not reached all users equally, so it is possible that at the time of publication of this article, you have not yet been able to enjoy it. However, in the coming days, weeks, you will be able to see how you receive a notification informing you of the download of this update, and you will be able to start it without major difficulties. Of course, the distribution of android 6 for the S6 and S6 Edge is not massive for all the devices in use, they arrive little by little, so as not to collapse Samsung servers, that it be a progressive update and ordered by serial numbers. Therefore, if you have one of these models free of origin, shortly (days at most weeks) you will have the update notification.

For the models of other companies, which take more or less to be distributed, it will depend on those same telephone companies.

Greater use of the screen in the Galaxy S6 Edge

The main novelty offered by this update is intended for those who have a Samsung Galaxy Edge S6. And it is that the existing curve in this, will pass from 260 to 550 pixels, so that it can display more content.

Other Android Marshmallow news

The most significant changes of the arrival of Android Marshmallow to the Galaxy S6 are, apart from the aforementioned curve in the Edge, the appearance of new Task and Quicktools panels to give us more possibilities. But, although the rest are small changes, they bring improvements in every way such as energy savings translated into lower battery consumption, improved performance, renewed and improved Touchwiz user layer, new concept of vibration pattern, among other improvements, which We will see and use.

We hope that very soon you will receive your update to Android 6 Marshmallow (if you haven't already done so) and you can tell us about your first impressions. We inform you that at the bottom of this page, you have the comments section, where you can tell us your opinion.

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