Motorola is starting initial deployment of Android 6.0 Marshmallow upgrade for some of its devices

David Schuster, vice president of Product Sales and Operations at Motorola announced today that the company is starting the initial deployment of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow upgrade to the 2015 Moto x Style (3rd Gen) in both Brazil and India, as well as the 2014 Moto X (2nd Gen) in Brazil. The update will also roll out in the coming weeks to the 2015 Moto X Pure Edition.

Motorola’s David Schuster mentioned that the update will be automatically pushed and a notification will be sent to your phone when you are able to install the update.

He also gave a list of all the new features that come with the update. These include Doze mode, App standby, improved control of app permissions,  App links, a new expandable storage option that lets you set your SD card as internal storage, Do not disturb mode, improved volume controls, Now on tap, Direct share, Moto display and Ambient display, Moto Assist, Motorola migrate, and attentive display.

Below is a more detailed list of the new features

 A new Memory Manager that lets you check memory usage of all your installed apps
  – Volume controls have been greatly improved
  – Do not disturb button has been added to the quick settings panel for easy access.
  – System UI Tuner will appear in the settings menu at the very bottom once enabled. It provides a few simple UI tweaks.
  – Google Now on Tap allows contextual information to be delivered based on content on your screen with a long press of the home key.
  – Doze is a battery management feature that detects when your device is not in use and it  will automatically go into a deep sleep state which saves your battery.
  – App Standby reduces battery drain by putting seldom-used apps into a reduced activity state.
  – Expandable Storage support allows for microSD cards to be used either in a portable storage or an internal storage mode. Portable storage allows your pictures, videos, audio and other media files to be stored. Internal storage allows both media storage along with apps and games but can not be used by other devices.
  – RAM manager in settings which allows a consumer to view memory used by the system or an individual app over different time frames
  – Automatic App backup not only backs up your apps but their associated data so when restored they will be the same as they were before
  – Text selection has been improved

Source: David Schuster (Google+)

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