The past work week was quite busy, with new devices, courtesy of Lenovo, Meizu and Panasonic, to name a few. The news section was also buzzing with other interesting industry announcements that kept us on our toes even without shiny new hardware. For one, the next big version of Android finally has an official desert name, so you can stop the betting. Android 6.0 will be called Marshmallow and it already promises quite a few interesting new features such as granular, real-time app permission control, better memory management and built-in fingerprint reader support.

We have no doubt that OEMs will soon be getting into yet another update frenzy and in light of this, Samsung already gave us a glimpse of how it plans to build its TouchWiz on top of Marshmallow. And as long as we are talking about the Korean giant, its latest Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ devices are still making headlines, but instead of rumors, we are now seeing the first batch of benchmarks and drop tests. Another exciting announcement was the dual-SIM variant of the Note5, which sadly also lacks a microSD slot, contrary to previous rumors. Still, there are surely more devices where the Note5 came from and we are now hearing of a possible new Galaxy O series.

Xiaomi has also been making major headlines lately and rightfully so. The Chinese OEM has been on a roll with record breaking sales on the Redmi Note 2, a gorgeous new MIUI 7 and rumors of a benchmark-breaking Mi5 flagship on the way.

Announcements might be slow, but we are just days away from IFA 2015 and the list of anticipated devices for the near future is now growing daily. Sony’s Z5 Compact has been frequenting our rumor mill and so have the Meizu MX5 Pro and the HTC O2. Others, like the next iPhone and Nexus models are all but expected, but still shrouded in a lot of mystery. A few new photos shed some light in that department as well.

If you think you might have missed something from the week, here is a list of the hottest topics in the tech world.

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Android M is now officially called 6.0 Marshmallow
Google has just installed the green Marshmallow statue near its Android headquarters.

Xiaomi sells record-breaking 800k Redmi Note 2 units in 12 hours
The device, which was announced in China last week, was up for flash sale in the country yesterday.

Here’s what new features Android M will bring to Samsung devices
The infographic also comes with a preliminary list of devices eligible for Android M.

This is a live photo of the upcoming Nexus smartphone by LG
The next Nexus smartphone is expected to debut in the near future alongside a phablet by Huawei.

Xiaomi Mi5 storms through Antutu with 73K score, Snapdragon 820 inside?
The Chinese company’s overdue flagship is in Galaxy S6 territory, chipset still not confirmed.

Xiaomi unveils MIUI 7: faster, smarter, prettier
MIUI launched on August 16 2010 with just 100 users and five years later the Android-based software is enjoyed by over 150 million users. They’ll soon get access to version 7 of MIUI, coming soon to a…

Samsung Galaxy Note5’s first drop test proves the brittleness of the glass design
Samsung’s latest duo of devices – the Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note5 have been official for a few days now, after the eagerly-anticipated |…

Are those the rose gold iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus?
Leaked images supposedly reveal the look of the upcoming rose gold flavor for the iPhone 6s duet.

Benchmarking Samsung Galaxy Note5 and…

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