Peter, 18 October, 2015

People increasingly care about software updates - in part because they want to get the new features, but security is becoming an increasingly important topic. The Nexus devices (well, the ones from 2013 and later anyway) and Android One are a given.

Here's the scorecard for devices that are not directly backed by Google but have been confirmed to get the latest version of its mobile platform. Keep in mind that this list includes only devices that have been officially confirmed to get Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Some other devices are likely to get it too, some most likely won't, but those aren't on the list.

Samsung

2015

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+

Samsung Galaxy Note5

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

Samsung Galaxy S6

2014

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Samsung Galaxy A8

Samsung Galaxy A7

Sony

2015

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium

Sony Xperia Z5

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

Sony Xperia Z3+ / Z4

Sony Xperia C5 Ultra

Sony Xperia C4

Sony Xperia M5

Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

2014

Sony Xperia Z3 / Z3v

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact

Sony Xperia Z2

Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

2013

Sony Xperia Z Ultra GPE

LG

2015

LG G4

LG G Flex2

2014

LG G3

HTC

2015

HTC One M9 Plus

HTC One E9 Plus

HTC One M9

HTC One E9

2014

HTC One (M8)

HTC One (E8)

Motorola

2015

Motorola Moto X Pure Edition (3rd gen)

Motorola Moto X Style (3rd gen)

Motorola Moto X Play

Motorola Moto G (3rd gen)

2014

Motorola Moto X Pure edition (2nd gen)

Motorola DROID Turbo

Motorola Moto MAXX

Motorola Moto Turbo

Xiaomi

2015

Xiaomi Mi Note 2

Xiaomi Redmi 2

Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime

Xiaomi Mi 4i

2014

Xiaomi Mi 4

Xiaomi Mi Note

Xiaomi Mi Note Pro

Huawei

2015

Huawei Ascend P8

Huawei Ascend P8max

Huawei Honor 6 Plus

Huawei Honor 7i

Huawei Honor 7

Huawei Mate S

Huawei MediaPad X2

2014

Huawei Mate 7

Huawei Honor 6

Huawei Mate 7

Huawei Honor 4X

Huawei Honor 4C

Huawei Ascend G7

Asus

2015

Zenfone 2 series

Zenfone 2 Laser

Zenfone 2 Deluxe

Zenfone Selfie

Zenfone Go

OnePlus

2015

OnePlus 2

2014

OnePlus One

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