Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P and Android 6 Marshmallow announced

[souljacker]

That 6p looks very nice. Still waiting for a replacement for the nexus 7 though.

 

[Chz]

A bit odd that, after pushing the technology for years, they've dropped wireless charging. I'll wager most people don't care, but I do know a few Nexus-obsessives around the office have Qi chargers here and at home.

Not terribly pleased with the height increase on the 5. Maybe as well move up to the 6, if you can afford it.

 

[editor]

A bit odd that, after pushing the technology for years, they've dropped wireless charging. I'll wager most people don't care, but I do know a few Nexus-obsessives around the office have Qi chargers here and at home.

Not terribly pleased with the height increase on the 5. Maybe as well move up to the 6, if you can afford it.

I really miss wireless charging. I don't understand why it's been dropped.

 

[Mojofilter]

Is it just me or does the 6 not seen that much of an upgrade?

 

[Chz]

The 5X is £299/349 (16/32GB) at Carphone Warehouse. Cheaper than the Play Store, at least. And cheaper than the original N5, iirc. Personally, I have no issues whatsoever with my Nexus 5; so the upgrade can wait until I break it or next year's phones come along.

 

[twentythreedom]

When can I expect Marshmallow on my Nexus 5?

 

[Fez909]

When can I expect Marshmallow on my Nexus 5?

End of October

 

[Fez909]

Hummingbird in slo-mo on a Nexus 6P:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=Q1VyYTBBQ2FRRnQ5S2xzUDVoN1RyTEZRWUtEYV93

 

[editor]

Hummingbird in slo-mo on a Nexus 6P:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=Q1VyYTBBQ2FRRnQ5S2xzUDVoN1RyTEZRWUtEYV93

Slightly impressive. (!)

 

[Nemesisuk]

When can I expect Marshmallow on my Nexus 5?

Monday the 5th according to Google.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

What's marshmallow gonna do?

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Ohh just added trusted faces!!! Awesome.

 

[Nemesisuk]

What's marshmallow gonna do?

Better standby time, fingerprint reader support then refinements to lollipop

 

[Redeyes]

I'm going to buy a 6P when my contract with EE runs out in December.

 

[twentythreedom]

Got the update on my Sony tablet (just now) before my Nexus 5 (still waiting)

 

[Nemesisuk]

Got the update on my Sony tablet (just now) before my Nexus 5 (still waiting)

Version six or did it get 5.1.1

 

[twentythreedom]

Version six or did it get 5.1.1

Ha ha good job someone's on the ball It's 5.1.1

It started updating so I rushed onto the internet to moan before I had the facts As you do

I've only had the tab a week or two, hadn't bothered checking the OS details till now

 

[Nemesisuk]

Ha ha good job someone's on the ball It's 5.1.1

It started updating so I rushed onto the internet to moan before I had the facts As you do

I've only had the tab a week or two, hadn't bothered checking the OS details till now

I shall have a moment of smugness [emoji6]

 

[twentythreedom]

I've heard android 6 is shit anyway. It was better in the old days before all you hipster early adopters came in and fucked it all up

 

[Nemesisuk]

I've heard android 6 is shit anyway. It was better in the old days before all you hipster early adopters came in and fucked it all up

You're welcome.

 

[The Boy]

I've heard android 6 is shit anyway. It was better in the old days before all you hipster early adopters came in and fucked it all up

I'm still running 2.3.5 here

 

[Nemesisuk]

Just got my final update to 6, now as I'm a dev I'd best do my utmost to break it.

 

[Mr Smin]

Personally, I have no issues whatsoever with my Nexus 5; so the upgrade can wait until I break it or next year's phones come along.

Same here. I'm too tight to upgrade until my phone wears out or breaks, and my nexus 5 still feels snappy.

 

[Nemesisuk]

Same here. I'm too tight to upgrade until my phone wears out or breaks, and my nexus 5 still feels snappy.

6 is out for the nexus 5 too.

 

[editor]

There's an almighty in-depth review of marshmallow here:

Android 6.0 Marshmallow, thoroughly reviewed

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

There's an almighty in-depth review of marshmallow here:

Android 6.0 Marshmallow, thoroughly reviewed

Sounds like they've updated the MIDI support which is good, but no mention of an update on the way it handles multi channel audio, which is bad. The vast array of cheaper Android tablets out there could be really good music production tools if only Google would sort out the bloody code.

 

[Mojofilter]

There's an almighty in-depth review of marshmallow here:

Android 6.0 Marshmallow, thoroughly reviewed

I flashed my Nexus 6 last night (couldn't get on with the short lived venture over to iPhone!) and first impressions are excellent.

Early days with the Doze feature but my phone only lost 4% when left on stand by all night and the battery projection in settings is forecasting literally double the 'time left' than it was on Lollipop. Hopefully that will pan out in real world usage because battery on this thing on Lollipop has been poor to say the least.

Google Now On Tap is looking pretty impressive so far too.

Hoping my sons Galaxy Tab S gets it at some point, the changes to how SD cards are handled will be a big feature on 16GB devices.

 

[Mr Smin]

6 is out for the nexus 5 too.

Yeah. I'll wait for the over the air update though. Shame it's not available for the nexus 10, which I'm also in no hurry to replace.

 

[BoxRoom]

Scuppered my plans of getting one of these lovely phones. Am out of work again

 

[Mojofilter]

Wow, a couple of days in and the battery thing is not only holding out but exceeding my initial expectations.
I'm getting closer to treble than double, it's incredible.

I suppose the only caveat would be that it was from a shockingly low base point on Lollipop.