Although Honor, Huawei's second brand, announced its upgrade plans starting in February, the Android 6 version has been delayed for half a year. However, it is already possible to receive the notification of the EMUI updater on the Honor 6. A device presented two years ago and that offered an affordable and powerful alternative for millennials or this new generation that brings a mobile phone under their arm.
This new update, as expected (for many months), offers all the news of the penultimate version of Google's operating system. Issues such as a much more detailed management of permissions, which allow accepting or denying which functions of the mobile applications have access to. It also has the improved version of the Google Assistant , Google Now One Touch, which provides information related to just pressing the Home button. All this without forgetting the Doze project that is capable of saving a lot of battery throughout the day and all the security updates to keep the privacy and security of the user at bay.
Android 5 (lollipop) / Android 6 (MarshMallow)
The new update features a new design. It is, without a doubt, the distinctive note. New typography, adaptation of new icons such as the application Instagram, which is not predetermined, and support for a cleaner, straight design based on the colors and animations.
However, Honor offers other additions along with Android 6. Thus, those who have updated their mobile will come across a new application. This is the compass. With it, it is possible to reset the terminal sensor and know towards which cardinal point you are looking. An application that not only measures the orientation, but also the inclination to offer more data to the curious user.
New compass app and new permissions
Apart from this, there are new settings that allow programming both the terminal on and off. Smart text color has also been added, which adjusts the tone of the letters according to the tone of the background for the best readability. In addition, more alarm tone duration options have been added , and a notification panel and a status bar for Settings.
The contact is one of the renovated sections. And now they have smart groups. For example, you can add phone company information for that contact and automatically create a group with other similar contacts. In addition, there is now a QR code generator to facilitate sharing this information.
Regarding text messages, the Honor 6 with Android 6 or Marshmallow has the possibility to cancel the sending up to four seconds after having pressed send. Furthermore, there is now the option to mark these SMS messages as read or as unread.
Android 5 / Android 6
Finally, although less important, there is nothing new in the gallery. Issues such as new styles of labels to decorate the pictures, plus options to edit the font, color, size and position of these. Also it added the ability to write notes in each photograph as a reminder, the option to print photos directly from the gallery and functionality with which to create albums and add photos after comfortably.
To update the Honor 6 to Android 6 you just have to go through the Settings menu and select the Update Software option at the bottom of the screen. It is important that the terminal is charged to more than 80 percent of its battery and to have a backup of important files, although personal information is not erased by this process.
