Asus is pushing the first ever Android Marshmallow update to its Zenfone 2 series of devices. The first device in line to receive the Marshmallow sweetness is the Asus Zenfone 2 Laser (ZE500KL). The update is supposedly removing a lot of bloat (pre-installed apps) while adding the new features from Android M, one major being the permissions choice.
Updating Zenfone 2 Laser to Marshmallow
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The Marshmallow update is already out for the ZE500KL and ZE550KL variants of the Zenfone 2 laser. It will be pushed to devices as FOTA (Firmware Over the Air) in a phased manner. Asus expects a timeline of 7 days during which different devices will notify of the update and users will be able to start downloading the same.
You will receive a notification when the update is ready to be installed on your device. Alternatively, you can go to Settings> About> System Update to manually check for updates and initiate the download (if available).
What’s New? (Update Change-log)
Update version number:
ZE500KL – 13.10.6.16_M3.6.44
ZE550KL – 21.40.1220.1615
The marshmallow update for Zenfone 2 laser brings following changes:
- Android Marshmallow
- Reduced user-available internal storage
- Apps cannot be moved to the SD card. Move existing apps from the SD card to internal storage before installing the update
- Multi-User function will not be available. However, users already added will be carried forward
- Apps added – Google Calendar, Google Messenger, Dr. Booster
- Apps removed – Omlet, Data Transfer, Photo Frame, ASUS Backup, Dr. Safety, What’s Next, Party Link, Remote Link, PC Link, Yahoo Shopping, EZ Ding, TripAdvisor, Zinio, iReader, Dr.eye, Google+, Puffin Browser, Mirror, Google settings (Integrated in ASUS Settings), Asus Email, Asus Calendar, Asus Messaging
Yesterday I purchase zenfone 2 laser with Lollipop. Everything was fine and I was able to move app to SD card. Today I got Marshmallow update and after that I can’t move app from phone to SD card. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I have 128GB memory card lying totally unused and internal memory is almost full. I have still few applications pending for download, and where will I store them? I regret buying this phone. Can somebody tell me tricks to move app to SD card? Thank you.
Hi, that is a limitation of Marshmallow itself. Try reading this question on StackExchange. And you might wanna downgrade your phone to Lollipop and use the App2SD function.
After updating to Android 6, my watsapp media is not downloading.
Check that WhatsApp is given permissions to access your media storage.
After update 6.0 my ze550kl is not showing many apps notification like whats app ,facebook,and lot of apps..please help me how can i get notification
After updating my device to marshmallows I am not able to move the apps to st card. Pls help me in this regard.
You cannot do that on Marshmallow.
Is there is no way to change internal storage into sd storage in Zenfone 2 laser??
receiving messages sucks after update !!!! >o<
marshmallow sucks
Sorry, i need information. Why Marshmallow version is suck? thank u. Because i’m still not update my Asus.
Ihave seen negative comments about marshallow many people told me not to upgrade.. iguess no option to stop right ?
Well, I don’t know how it will be. But you can decide not to update right now after the update is downloaded. However it will keep a persistent notification on your phone to install the update.
Is that true about negative comments about marshmallow?
Update almost reached 10% ihave change auto download too but the progress is still goin on
Once initiated, it will continue to download. Why do you want to cancel it though?
How to stop download marshallow upgrade ASUS ZenFone laser 2
If your model is one of those already getting the update, please manually check for updates from the Settings menu.
Im trying but the update didn’t stop please help me