The enhancements were seen as a point of difference – Motorola Assist, Migrate, and Connect in particular. With improvements to Marshmallow, these are no longer necessary.
Assist was used to connect the smartphone to your car’s Bluetooth system and for a do not disturb feature. Migrate was to transfer contacts etc., to a new phone, and Connect lets you send SMS from Chrome and sync to the phone messages.
The always-on function and context awareness will be managed by Android too.
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In a blog it talks of ‘less is more’ and makes the commitment to upgrade 2014 and 2015 model phones including:
- 2015 Moto X Pure Edition (3rd gen)
- 2015 Moto X Style (3rd gen)
- 2015 Moto X Play
- 2015 Moto G (3rd gen)
- 2014 Moto X Pure Edition in the US (2nd gen)
- 2014 Moto X in Latin America, Europe and Asia2 (2nd gen)
- 2014 Moto G and Moto G with 4G LTE2 (2nd gen)
- DROID Turbo
- 2014 Moto MAXX
- 2014 Moto Turbo
- Nexus 6
It stated upgrade timeframe is ‘coming weeks’. The upgrade portal is here.
Opinion
This is great news – if only other major manufacturers would make such announcements. It is reason enough to buy Motorola over other brands.
Having reviewed the Moto G at A$369 it presents good value and punches well above its weight. To have an upgrade to Marshmallow on a phone in this price bracket is almost unheard of.
