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A pretty nice addition to [the third developer preview of the OS formerly known as Android M] is granular control over the permissions [which] each and every app requires upon installing it, giving Android users "meaningful choice of control". Just like in iOS, apps in Android 6.0 Marshmallow will only [allow] you to grant them a certain permission immediately before the app needs it and not in bulk during the installation, [as was the case] in previous Android installments.
[...] Android 6.0 Marshmallow officially introduces API Level 23, which is one of the requirements to have app permissions that can be granted on demand. All Android apps need to be updated [by their developers] so that they support the brand new API0 Level 23 libraries in order to introduce the individual granular app permissions.
SiliconANGLE notes that 6.0 is also getting native fingerprint support, a new power-saving mode, and Android Pay.
They also note
Hardly anyone with an existing Android phone will ever get to use [6.0].
[...] Android-powered devices rely on the manufacturer to update the operating system and the reality is that it rarely happens.
To put it more crudely, the Android update process is f**ked.
[...] [As Android remains open source and free to use,] Google can't force manufacturers to come to the party in terms of upgrades [any] more than it can force manufacturers to stop skinning their Android installs with their own custom user interfaces and software.
Release of Android 6.0 is expected in 2015Q4.
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Monday August 31 2015, @01:25PM
Hear Hear, I have no less than 3 sitting in drawers now that were abandoned by the carriers and the only updates to the OS they got was by me rooting them and putting on a third party ROM. That is why I have to give credit to BLU as that $100 quadcore I picked up (great phone BTW, good battery life, great screen, snappy performance) came with Jellybean but had KitKat sitting there waiting when I pressed the update button. And its not just Apple that gets updates right, the wife's Lumia seems to get updates pretty damned fast and according to the list MSFT posted recently should be updated to 10 in the first wave.
As for TFA...anybody want to bet it'll be just like now, where every app asks for everything by default? Without knowing exactly what permissions are needed by a particular app to do its job I have a feeling this really isn't going to be of much help. IMHO what would be of better use would be Google cracking down on devs not using the least possible permissions to get the job done, perhaps by either rewarding those that do with more views on the playstore or yanking off repeat offenders.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 2) by curunir_wolf on Monday August 31 2015, @06:28PM
As for TFA...anybody want to bet it'll be just like now, where every app asks for everything by default?
Well I thought that was the case until someone asked me to install LINE. It's a pretty long list of permissions - pretty sure LINE got them all.
I am a crackpot