Motorola has already started rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to its Moto G Turbo smartphone. The update size is aroung 500MB which comes with January security updates. Below are the few useful new features of Android 6.0 on Moto G Turbo.
Motorola Moto G Turbo Android 6.0 Marshmallow update new Features
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Android 6.0 improves overall smartphone performance. It includes better battery life, new app permissions etc. Below are the summary of new features of Android 6.0 on Moto G Turbo.
App Standby: This features provides an option to reduce the battery drain of Moto G turbo by moving rarely used apps to reduced activity state. You can customise on which apps are applicable to App standby. You can follow the steps for the same.
- wipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
- Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and select Battery.
- Tap the menu icon (3 vertical dots) at the top right corner of the screen and select Battery optimization. The greyed out list of apps under “Not optimized” cannot be added to App Standby.
- Select “All apps” from the drop down list, then tap the app you want to adjust:
- Select “Optimize” to include the app in App Standby to optimize battery life when it’s not in use.
- Select “Don’t optimize” to remove the app from App Standby. Apps listed as “Not optimized” may keep running in the background and may drain your battery more quickly.
App permissions: With Marshmallow update, you can control what you want to share with the apps. With this new feature apps designed for Marshmallow only ask for permissions at the time it’s needed to use a feature, instead of all at once when you install the app. You can change permissions granted to apps at any time from the settings menu, or you can look at permissions by type and see which apps have that permission granted.
How to change App permission on Moto G Turbo with Android 6.0
- Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
- Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Apps, then select the app you want to adjust.
- Go to Permissions in the app menu and tap the switch of the permission you want to grant or revoke for that app.
To modify permissions by type:
- Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
- Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Apps, then tap the gear icon at the top right corner of the Apps screen.
- Go to App permissions and select the type of permission you want to adjust from the list.
Tap the switch for the app you want to grant/revoke that permission.
Expandable Storage: Moto G Turbo supports USB OTG and microSD card. However, option to move apps to microSD card on Moto G Turbo was limited. But with Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, you can set microSD card as internal storage. Once done, you can directly install apps to microSD card or move apps to microSD card. So here is the guide to use microSD card as internal storage in Moto G Turbo after upgrading to Android 6.0.
- Back up and preserve any data you have on the card, as formatting for internal storage will erase it.
- Swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen.
- Once in the Settings menu, scroll down and tap Storage & USB, then select your portable SD card from the list.
- Tap the menu icon (3 vertical dots) at the top right corner of the SD card screen and select Settings.
- Select Format as internal and follow the steps in the tutorial.
Note: When the SD card is changed as internal storage, it will get formatted and encrypted to protect the information. One this is done, you cannot remove and transferred stored data to other device. If you want to use the SD card as portable storage or in another device after adopted as internal storage, then you need to format it. When doing so, please remember that formatting erases all the data stored in your SD card.
Direct Share: This is another useful new feature of Android 6.0. It enables sharing something directly to a contact or conversation within an app. Tap the share icon in the app and at the top of the share panel, a list of contacts with app icons next to their names will pop-up. Then just pick the contact and hit send.
These few new features, we think most useful for the users. Other features like Now on Tap, new ways of controling volume, Do not disturb etc are also useful.
How to update Moto G Turbo to Android 6.0 Marshmallow
You can update your Moto G Turbo to Android 6.0 through OTA update. It is highly recommended to connect to WiFi network for uninterupted download.It is also recommended to update the phone while its battery is atleast 50%. Below is the steps to update your Moto G Turbo to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
If you already got notification for the update follow the steps given below.
- Select “Yes, I’m in”.
- After the software is downloaded, select “Install now”.
- After the software is installed, your phone will re-start automatically.
- Your phone is now updated to Android 6.0.
If you have not received a notification message for this update, follow the steps below to manually update Moto G Turbo.
- Select the Settings icon in the apps menu.
- Select “About phone”.
- Select “System updates”.
- Select “Yes, I’m in”. After the software is downloaded, select “Install now”.
- After the software is installed, your phone will re-start automatically.
- Your phone is now updated to Android 6.0.
