Owners of LG Electronics' G4 smartphone in Poland will begin receiving the Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS next week, with other markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas to follow, LG announced. The latest update to the Android operating system offers a number of features such as:

• Permissions have been simplified with greater control of the information applications can access, not only at the installation stage but any time
• Silent feature for sound and vibrate mode as well as a Do Not Disturb mode to block all sounds or only alarms and notifications
• Doze Mode which shuts down background processing of certain apps when the phone is not in use, to prolong battery life