More than a month after Google released Android 6.0, some handsets have yet to be updated with the latest mobile OS version.
However, some Motorola mobile phones will reportedly be upgraded to Marshmallow.
If you have a Moto X, Moto G 2015, and Moto MAXX, you're likely to get an OTA notification regarding the much-anticipated update. In fact, all of the 2015 Moto X models will reportedly get Marshmallow. However, a lesser range of models from last year will be getting the update.
"While the 2014 Pure edition made the cut, unfortunately neither the AT&T or Verizon 2nd gen Moto X will be invited to the Marshmallow party, much to the chagrin of owners of those devices," Tech Times noted. "The original Moto G and Moto X won't receive the update either, nor will any of the company's Moto E devices."
Currently, Motorola has reportedly started releasing Android 6.0 to a number of users for testing, via the Moto X Pure Edition (2015).
"The company is currently testing the firmware that will be followed by a soak test. It will be then eventually rolled out for general users," International Business Times said.
Right now, it's not certain when exactly the rollout will begin.
Android 6.0 will reportedly be 500 MB in size, which calls for owners to ensure that their handsets have enough space for this file size.
"With the release of the new OS, going forward Motorola will preload its devices with Moto Assist, Moto Migrate and Motorola Connect, as it will replicate features of the Android version 6.0 including Do Not Disturb (DND) and automatic data backup," IBT said in another piece.
With the non-inclusion of older Motorola models in the mobile OS update, even some of those that were released just last year, a number of users may rise up in arms over this issue, as it appears to press them to get a newer model every few months to a year. Android Central's Phil Nickinson had earlier called Motorola out to stop selling the Moto E if the company cannot commit to updating it.
"Low-end or not, it's already reached end of life - less than a year after its release - insofar as the software is concerned," he pointed out. "That's unacceptable for pretty much any manufacturer, but especially so for one that had regained as much goodwill - and to say nothing of putting out good products - as Motorola has in the past several years."
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