{"id":11306,"date":"2015-10-27T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2022-03-18T05:52:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T05:52:07","slug":"android-marshmallow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/blog\/android-marshmallow-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Android&#039;s latest version is out. When can you update? Does it matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>When will my device be updated?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Android-Marshmallow-Release-Dates.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-850 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Android-Marshmallow-Release-Dates-683x1024.png\" alt=\"Android Marshmallow Release Dates\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Android-Marshmallow-Release-Dates-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Android-Marshmallow-Release-Dates-267x400.png 267w, https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Android-Marshmallow-Release-Dates.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What does that mean for Parents and Screen Time users?<\/h2>\n<p>There isn\u2019t a monumental change between your current Android OS (Lollipop) and Marshmallow, but there are some nice little features tucked away that could be useful for managing kids\u2019 device time.<\/p>\n<h2>Handy features for Screen Time parents<\/h2>\n<h3>App Permissions<\/h3>\n<p>This will interest anyone that wants to know exactly what apps have access to on your child\u2019s device. It used to be that when you installed an app on Android it would ask you for a whole host of permissions right from the get go, and when an app is asking for access to your camera, location or even your files then it can get a little scary.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/App-draw-permission.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-844 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/App-draw-permission.png\" alt=\"App draw permission\" width=\"409\" height=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 409px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 409\/320;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-844\" src=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/App-draw-permission.png\" alt=\"App draw permission\" width=\"409\" height=\"320\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nWhy do they want those permissions? What will they do when they have them? These are perfectly normal questions to be asking each time you install an app. Marshmallow is lending a helping hand, as now you will only have to give permissions to apps when the app needs them. This means there won\u2019t be a huge list of permissions to give when you first install.<\/p>\n<h3>What does this mean for Screen Time users?<\/h3>\n<p>The only permission the Screen Time app asks for when installing is to \u2018Permit drawing over other apps\u2019. This allows Screen Time to jump on top of other apps when it needs to block them.<br \/>\nWe try to keep app permissions to a minimum, but this is one that we need in order for Screen Time to do it\u2019s job, it doesn\u2019t allow access to any other apps or information on the device.<\/p>\n<h3>System UI Tuner<\/h3>\n<p>Possibly one of the most interesting features for parents and Screen Timers is the System UI Tuner, but it\u2019s also the most well hidden. In order to access this feature you first need to enable it by holding down the gear icon in the Android notification tray. Once the gear starts spinning (which can be hard to see because your fingers are covering it), you can stop holding down the gear. You should see a message telling you it\u2019s been enabled.<\/p>\n<h4>How to enable System UI Tuner<\/h4>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOiE_LqhcHQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nScreen Time allows you to do an \u2018all-or-nothing\u2019 block of the Android Settings app, but if you\u2019re trying to block things like Wi-Fi or Aeroplane Mode then kids can still access them through the shortcuts. But once it\u2019s enabled you can open the System UI Tuner from the Android Settings app. You can press Quick Settings and drag any feature to a bin at the bottom by holding down on the icon.<br \/>\nWhen combined with blocking the Android Settings app using Screen Time this is a helpful feature for preventing access to Android Settings like Wi-Fi, Aeroplane Mode and Mobile Data.<\/p>\n<h3>Longer Battery Life<\/h3>\n<p>When your phone runs out of battery, but when your kids\u2019 phone dies it interferes with their ability to contact someone in an emergency. Marshmallow puts your device into something similar to Aeroplane Mode when it\u2019s on standby. There isn\u2019t a setting to disable this new feature, it just comes already enabled by default, but this means that your kids\u2019 devices will have more time on standby, and therefore less chance of their phone having no battery in an emergency.<br \/>\nAlthough this mode is similar to Aeroplane Mode, important messages and calls will still come through on your child\u2019s devices immediately.<\/p>\n<h3>Default Apps<\/h3>\n<p>Anyone that\u2019s had to set the default Web browser in Android can tell you how complicated and messy it can be, so it\u2019s good to see that Android have attempted to fix this in Marshmallow.<br \/>\nIf you go into Android Settings &gt;&gt; Apps and press the cog icon in the top right you\u2019ll see a screen where you can set the default app that is used for phone calls, Web browsing and SMSs.<br \/>\nThere are of course other little improvements and new features in Android Marshmallow, these are just the ones that we think will be most useful to parents. If you\u2019re interested in what else has been changed then take a look at one of the more in-depth articles out there. But all in all, Android\u2019s latest release isn\u2019t going to have a major impact on how you manage your children\u2019s device time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android has started to push out the newest version of its mobile operating system, Android Marshmallow, beginning with Nexus devices on 6th October this year. Roll-outs to other devices will come when the manufacturers (like Samsung) have finished creating their own custom versions with the various changes and add-ins that they like to include.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-press","category-parenting-hacks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Android&#039;s latest version is out. When can you update? Does it matter? - Screen Time<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Android&#039;s latest version is out. When can you update? 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