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ESSENTIAL
APPS FOR
MARSHMALLOW
Marshmallow might just be the saviour of Android.
Lollipop proved to be a mixed success as people
mostly loved Material Design yet hated the
immense battery drain that many experienced.
This was often because third-party apps weren’t
optimised for the sweeping changes made by
Android 5.0 and phones had to put in extra effort to
run these apps effectively. Unfortunately, there
wasn’t a lot that developers could really do other
than scramble to make tweaks and fi x bugscaused by the huge changes that Lollipop brought.
Optimising apps for the new system has to be a
priority for Google and third-party app developers.
As Android 6.0 is a much more incremental
change than Lollipop, users shouldn’t experience
quite as many problems because a major focus of
this update is to eradicate the bugs that littered
the previous build. However, there will be a few
teething problems, as there always is, especially
with apps as developers get to grips with the newsystem. We have done our research and found
pre-installed and third-party apps that should
create the fewest problems for any phone with
Marshmallow, causing you much less hassle.
Whether it is a specifi c update for Marshmallow
or a development that just happens to have come
at the same time as the new operating system,
these apps and services should be able to work
seamlessly with your Nexus, HTC A9 or any other
handset on which you have fl ashed Android M.