The newest operating system (OS) and successor to the Lollipop OS for Google is Android 6.0, nicknamed “Marshmallow.” Marshmallow adds new features to the Android ecosystem while fixing the problems with Lollipop. Lollipop was known as Android Vista to Android fans because it caused many problems. It slowed down phones, increased heat, and killed battery life. Marshmallow helped fix these problems.

Two specific features Marshmallow added are “doze” and “app standby.” Doze puts your Android phone to sleep after a couple minutes of being locked. This feature helps prevent apps from draining your battery while your phone is locked. While iPhones already have had this feature for a long time now, this is new for Android. App standby improved the battery a lot by shutting down power-hungry apps while they are in the background of your phone.

Another feature is “app permissions.” While Google likes to talk about how they are innovating faster than Apple, they are now adding features that been on the iPhone for awhile. App permissions allows you to customize what apps can and cannot do. This has been a complaint amongst the Android community for years. Many apps ask permission to help with the experience while some apps abuse it. Why does “POPSTAR+” need to read my text, read my content of my storage, and know where I am? App permissions eliminate this irritating dilemma.

Another brand new feature no other OS has beside Android is “on-tap.” It basically asked an app to ask google anything from anywhere. While reading an article or inside an app, you hold down the home button and google will read your screen. A pop-up will show up with anything relating to what is on your screen. The example Google used during their press conference is if you’re in a chat and talking about seeing a movie and going to dinner afterward, “on tap” will show you the rating of the movie, time of the movie, direction to the restaurants and its Yelp page.

While Marshmallow on my Nexus 7 2013, it’s a hit or miss. When I was reading an article about Bob Dylan’s new album, “on-tap” worked in a seconds. But, while I was reading about Spectre, it took about 12 seconds. In conclusion, while Marshmallow adds new features, it feels more like Lollipop 2.0 than it does a brand new OS. However, ultimately I think it is still worth the download. We are on the seventh installment of Android and Google still have yet to find a way to update every single Android phone. If you have a Nexus, HTC, Motorola, or Sony phone that is less than 2 years old, you are getting it. If you have a Samsung phone (S6 included) or carrier phone, then have fun waiting for it.