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Android release identifiers

Android M: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Marshmallow

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availability October 5, 2015; 9 months ago

Latest release 6.0.1 (MXC89L)[2] / August 1, 2016; 5 days ago

Let me start by saying, I'm an Apple person :-) So I understand when Apple release updates to their iOS for example, you have 9.3.3, 9.3.4, and so forth.

With Android, the above Wiki states the latest release was 6.0.1 (MXC89L)

I assume that this is a variant of 6.0.1? 6.0.1 itself was released more than a few days ago. Is the MXC89L identifier just a series of random letters and numbers?

Could the next release be 6.0.1 (ZJFKEOFC), for example?

Is there any way to track these variants?

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Kimputer

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alexwhite19800

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Thanks Kimputer. How can I tell what is a security update (as MXC89L was) and what was the original ?

Kimputer

Depends on how you define "original" and "security update". The first release called 6.0.1 could be called "original", with all subsequent versions being security updates. Others view 6.0 as the original and all subsequent, even 6.0.1, a security update.

alexwhite19800

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Thanks Kimputer.

Let's say 6.0.1 was the 'original'?

davebytes

Can I ask WHAT you're trying to do with this information? Clearly Google has a strange naming system, and it can vary between devices too... And that's only for Google Nexus devices at that. But knowing why you have asked this q and what you want to do with the information may help guide you to a better answer.

Kimputer

6.0.1 started on most Google devices around MMB29K or MMB29M. Any update with a higher version would be your definition of a "security update"

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