Android 6.0 now appears on .5% of Android devices

3. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

I agree. MM has to be my favorite build so far. Doze and the app permissions overhaul are totally worth it.

4. AlikMalix (unregistered)

Full App permissions is one of the biggest things keeping me away from android.

13. sgodsell (Posts: 6487; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)

You can control the permissions with marshmallow, so how is that a bad thing? That is actually a great thing for users.

16. NoToFanboys (Posts: 3227; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

He's talking about the previous versions.
High chance he'll switch to Android with MM

20. Unordinary (unregistered)

While Android zombies repeat "had this for ever" like a broken record, the app permissions update is something they should have had ages ago. This is horrendously late.

Overall, M is probably my second favorite Android update. Doze is actually amazing, and needed, and almost everything is clean.

It is just a shame that it is only on POINT FIVE percent of Android devices, limited all the welcomes fixes and additions to the "80+ %market share" lol.

Hopefully I will have M on my future S7 x'D

24. NoToFanboys (Posts: 3227; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

For the nth time it's all about business.
If you want make a company with lots of phones and update them all for 5 years, you'll be bankrupt in no time. Software engineers aren't cheap.
It's easy for Apple because they only release a few devices and has huge profit margins

25. Scott93274 (Posts: 6010; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

Thus far MM has been very stable, no issues whatsoever aside form the Play store crashing on me 3 or 4 times (All within the first week and not since). You'll dig it when you get your update.

7. darkkjedii (Posts: 30281; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)

The controll given to the user is pretty cool. M is shaping up to be a nice update. I just wish Google had a way to directly send updates to non nexus devices. The carriers take too long.

32. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)

Iphones get to the latest iOS update on .5% of devices probably within the 2 hours, if not a higher percent than that. Androids manage to do it in about 2 months lol.

35. darkkjedii (Posts: 30281; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)

I'd like to see Google put their foot down on these carrier restrictions the way Apple does. Google needs to go vertical like Apple, and take that carrier control away.

That would rock.

34. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)

They cant ban them from Android but they can from google services. They should do this starting in 2016.

8. bur60 (Posts: 981; Member since: 07 Jul 2014)

If 10 users have windows mobile, 1 has win 10, but 100000 users have Android, but 10 out of them has MM.... Windows mobile is irrelevant with percentages.

18. sgodsell (Posts: 6487; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)

Android alone sold 300 million smartphones last quarter. Not to mention the new Nexus 5X and 6P only started to sell a month ago. Now Windows Phone / 10 mobile sold 5 million phones in the same quarter.

12. joey_sfb (Posts: 6794; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)

Are you pay by Microsoft? Are they still recruiting?

14. Scott93274 (Posts: 6010; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

The interesting thing about Windows 10 OS for desktops is that people are not interested in upgrading to their latest OS while Google's Android people are frustrated that they cannot upgrade. It's so odd how things like that work.

26. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2277; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)

m.windowscentral.com/new-study-shows-more-people-l​ove-windows-10-hate-it

Tons of people have been waiting and are enjoying W10. If Android was on PC, "frustrated" wouldn't even be the word.

28. Scott93274 (Posts: 6010; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

70% of the global market qualifies for a free upgrade and Windows 10 still can't beat Windows XP in market share. That's why Microsoft has been force downloading the 3 to 6 GB update on user's computers prompting them to install the new OS. It's a sign of utter desperation. And as much of a joke that people think Chrome OS is, it now has more than 50% of the US market in public schools, and it's not slowing down. I love my Chromebook, and while I wouldn't be able to give up my Windows 7 desktop, I would switch to Ubuntu before going to Windows 10.

29. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2277; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)

And how many months has it been since the release? It will definitely beat XP within half a year (no force upgrade). The US isn't the whole world, btw...Google's killing chrome os in 2020. Tell me..What do you think they'll end up doing to chrome OS @2020¿

30. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2277; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)

You can continue trying out the trolling attempt at ignoring the main point and point out other "flaws"..but the point is that a lot of users want Windows ..hence their "interest" to upgrade. I wonder what excuses you'll come up with once out beats XP.

31. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2277; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)

Lmao just saw the marketshare, it's like a few weeks away from beating XP you're talking as if there's a great marketshare between them both

36. Plutonium239 (Posts: 1080; Member since: 17 Mar 2015)

Where are you getting your data from? Windows 10 has a bigger market share than Windows XP, OS-X and Linux. OS-X holds 9.36% of the market, Windows 10 holds 10.18% of the market, Windows XP holds 8.5%, Linux holds 1.5%, and Chrome OS holds .47% of the desktop/laptop market.

15. Scott93274 (Posts: 6010; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

The Doze feature alone is worth the update, I've tried apps that mimicked it on Lollipop and they just didn't cut it. App permissions are also something that is awesome that Lollipop doesn't have. Then there's just the basic stability of the OS, just because the GUI doesn't look the same doesn't mean that it performs the same. Marshmallow is so much more stable than Lollipop. It also treats expanded storage like an extension of the internal storage. Built in file manager, do not disturb mode, modify the quick settings menu, Google Now on Tap...

... It's an update worth getting excited about.

21. joey_sfb (Posts: 6794; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)

Windows 10 is really Microsoft biggest attempt on Data Mining.

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet/windows-10-privacy-spyware-settings-user-agreement.html

Took me a bit of research and effort to minimize its spying effect.

http://www.techradar.com/sg/news/software/operating-systems/the-windows-10-privacy-settings-you-need-to-change-right-now-1301257