![]() ![]() ![]() Kids Mode (and many, many others) hide out in the Galaxy Apps app, but other erstwhile tools, like the S5's floating Toolbox of shortcuts, get the boot. An area for installing themes has also materialized (there are three in my review unit so far). Other mainstays include private mode and call blocking, easy mode and Do Not Disturb, as well as popular gestures (like Direct Call) and Smart Stay. Samsung succeeds in embracing a simpler layout without shedding all the software it's built over the years, though Android deserves much of that credit for providing the framework.Īn embedded battery helps keep these handsets lean. Samsung's take on Android 5.0 Lollipop scales back its own additions and leans heavily on Google's Material design. įor years, customers have bemoaned the thick, heavy TouchWiz interface that Samsung uses as its custom layer over Android. Read more about Android 6.0 Marshmallow here. Android 6.0 Marshmallow includes new features including Google Now on Tap, "doze" mode for automatic extended battery life, support for Android Pay and more. In advance of the March 2016 rollout of the Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung pushed Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Galaxy S6 users. ![]() If you plan on using the S6 in its Gear VR accessory - which turns it into an Oculus Rift-style virtual reality helmet - the extra resolution should really pay off because the S6 will be only a couple of inches from your eyes.īut in normal everyday use, the S6's nosebleed-high screen pixel density is probably too exact for most eyes to notice it's an imposing feature on paper, but less critical in real life. Ironically, some of the revamped icons on the S6 home page look less focused, though every other graphic is razor-sharp. Luckily for Samsung, the S6 is good enough to win back straying fans while also surpassing the all-metal HTC One M9 in extra features, battery life and camera quality. (Note that in February 2016 Samsung begun to roll out Android 6.01 Marshmallow to the Galaxy S6, bringing with it a number of new features including Google Now on Tap, "doze" mode for automatic extended battery life, support for Android Pay and more.) These moves silence customer complaints about the Galaxy S5's (and the S4's and S3's) plasticky build, while also girding Samsung against staggering iPhone profits and an army of decent low-cost rivals from Lenovo, Xiaomi and Huawei. In many ways, Samsung had no choice but to adopt this svelte, metal chassis and a pared-down, less "bloated" variation of Android 5.0 Lollipop. The S6's ticker ran down faster than last year's S5 did on a single charge. It's a move that makes a difference, too, at least on the power front. These are commonplace omissions in the smartphone sphere, but Samsung has been a die-hard defendant of both the removable battery and the extra storage option, until now. Perhaps even more shocking than this materials about-face are the decisions to seal in the battery and leave out a microSD card slot, both choices made in service to staying slim. The Galaxy S6 leaves much of its Galaxy S5 DNA behind. ![]()
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