The latest android version is now Marshmallow (Android M)
Google today confirmed that it has selected the sugary treat as the next nickname for the latest Android 6.0. At its I/O developer conference in May, the search giant announced only that “Android M” would be coming soon, but now the name is official. The Android statue collection at Google headquarters also got a new addition today: a green android clutching a marshmallow.
Google today also revealed the latest Android 6.0 SDK and opened Google Play for publishing Android Marshmallow apps. Download it via Android Studio.
“With the latest Android 6.0 SDK you have access to the final Android APIs and the latest build tools so that you can target API 23,” Google said in a blog post.
Google also updated the Android Support Library to v23, which “makes it easier to integrate many of the new platform APIs, such as permissions and fingerprint support, in a backwards-compatible manner.”
Developers can try it out on Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, and Nexus Player, which will receive an over-the-air (OTA) update over the next few days.
The first devices to get Android Marshmallow will probably be Google’s next-gen Nexus devices. Over the weekend, images of what appears to be the LG Nexus phone appeared on Twitter. Huawei is reportedly also making a Nexus phone.
The news comes shortly after OpenSignal found that there are at least 24,093 distinct Android devices in the wild, which is up from 18,796 last year.