LG is the fastest to upgrade its flagship to Android 6.0 Marshmallow

LG announced that the owners of their flagship smartphone, the LG G4, will be receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow as soon as next week. The roll out will start with users in Poland first, with markets in Europe, Asia, and the Americas to follow according to their press release. LG clearly understands the value of not just superb hardware, but more importantly keeping up with the latest version of Android.

Google is constantly evolving their Android platform, but manufacturers make customization which require them to update Google’s updates before they can roll out the latest version. In other words, this is known as fragmentation. LG’s competitors like Motorola and Samsung have just announced which devices of theirs are being worked on recently so LG really beat them to the upgrade. Sadly, Motorola even left out their 2014 flagship Moto X from receiving Android M further adding to fragmentation and leaving their premium customers behind.

LG is making a statement with this fast update to Android 6.0 by showing their commitment to support its best device. Cheers to you LG.

LG Press Release

SEOUL, Oct. 15, 2015 — Owners of LG Electronics’ (LG) G4 smartphone will be the first in the world to receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. LG G4 owners in Poland will begin receiving their M upgrade beginning next week with other markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas to follow.

The latest update to the Android operating system offers a number of features designed to enhance the user experience, such as:

• Permissions have been simplified with greater control of the information applications can access, not only at the installation stage but any time
• Silent feature for sound and vibrate mode as well as a Do Not Disturb mode to block all sounds or only alarms and notifications
• Doze Mode which shuts down background processing of certain apps when the phone is not in use, to significantly prolong battery life

“By working closely with Google, LG has been able to bring Android 6.0 to the G4 ahead of any of our competitors,” said Chris Yie, vice president and head of marketing communications for LG Mobile Communications Company. “While speed alone isn’t an indicator of great service, it does go a long way toward giving consumers the confidence that LG is committed to its existing customers first.”

Details of the Android M upgrade schedule and affected models will be announced in individual markets.

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