ASUS rolls out Marshmallow update for Zenfone Zoom and Selfie
ASUS is not among the fastest to push out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to their device, but better late than never, right? The latest in line to receive the Marshmallow updates are the ASUS Zenfone Zoom and ASUS Zenfone Selfie. These two devices join the various variants of the Zenfone 2 Laser and the Zenfone Max to enjoy the latest flavor of Android.
Along with the new features available in Marshmallow, ASUS is also removing a bucket load of pre-installed bloatware from the latest firmware. Certain ASUS apps are also replaced by their generic Google version, for example, Asus Email, Asus Calendar, Asus Messaging won’t be preloaded in the latest firmware, and users will have to use Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Messenger for the relevant services. The ASUS apps will still be available to download from the Google Play Store though.
More details can be found regarding these updates on ASUS’ official ZenTalk forum. Meanwhile, users of the
- PadFone S (PF500KL)
- ZenFone 2 (ZE550ML, ZE551ML)
- ZenFone 2 Deluxe (ZE551ML)
- ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition (ZE551ML)
continue to wait for their official Marshmallow update which was promised since the 1st of March 2016.
Pokdepinion: With Android Nougat just officially confirmed, ASUS has yet to fully roll out their Android 6.0 Marshmallow updates to their recent devices…
