From Android L Lollipop 5 to Android M, Marshmallow 6.0 is now Officially the Next Android OS

Google has finally unwrap the meaning of the M in later in the year upcoming android OS.

And as with Google android naming convention, a suitable dessert name known as Marshmallow has been assigned to Android M that will be succeeding android L (Lollipop).

The vice president of Android Engineering, Dave Burke have been said to have taken to his Twitter account on Monday to announce the new dessert name for Android M.

Since early May of this year that Google made its first pronouncement for the upcoming android OS, it has only been series of guesses on what the M will stand for; and while some have Meringue on their mouth as speculations, Google on its part went for Marshmallow for its next OS.

Android 6.0 Marshmallow will be focusing more on providing stability and performance improvement than introduction of new features like the previous android version.

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However some new features like support for finger print scanner and USB Type C, Android Pay and few others will be making their debut in Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

The devices expected to first taste the Marshmallow are two rumoured Google Nexus devices that suggest LG and Huawei being the partnered OEM.

Google has also released the full SDK version of Marshmallow for developers and also opened up Google Play for them to publish their apps that targets API level 23.