Google has launched the official Android 6.0, a.k.a Android Marshmallow, SDK, the company reported through a blog post. The company is also opening up Google Play for publishing apps using the new API level 23 in Marshmallow. How to update: The latest version of Android is available to users using Nexus 5, 6, 9 devices and/or the Nexus Player, although currently the update has to be done manually by downloading the device system images from Google’s developer preview site. The update will be available to these Nexus users over-the-air over the next couple of days. This is Android M’s final preview before the rollout sometime later this year, and as such most other users will have to wait a while before getting a final OTA update. Those in a hurry can check out the new preview system via the Android emulator system images as well. New features: The update to Android 6.0 ‘Marshmallow’ is fairly incremental, with most of the changes being directed towards how apps can interact with the phone or other apps. Some of important changes include - App linking which allows developers to associate their app with a web domain they own. Basically, the OS can automatically determine the default app to handle a particular weblink, and instead of opening the browser, can open the link in the app directly. For example, clicking on an Amazon product could take the users directly to the product on the app, rather than opening it first in a browser. -…
