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Google finally reveals what the 'M' in Android M stands for: Marshmallow

By Nathan McAlone
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All the speculation about what the "M" stands for in Android M, Google's next mobile operating system, can finally come to an end: it's officially "Marshmallow."

A Google developer tweeted this marshmallow-adorned Android statue to announce the news.

Google first announced Android M at its annual developer conference back in May. A big focus in the new iteration seems to be making app permissions easier to understand. 

Google's vice president of engineering Dave Burke said smartphone users will no longer have to agree to permissions they don't want to.

Android Marshmallow should be released in the next few months, but you can also sign up for a developer preview.

Here is a video produced by Nat and Lo that explains the tasty naming tradition:

 

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Nathan McAlone
Nathan is the media and advertising editor for Business Insider and was previously the entertainment editor, as well as an editor and reporter for the tech section.He runs BI's media business team, which primarily covers the creator economy and the business of social media, the evolution of streaming, and the future of advertising.He edits the  CMO Insider newsletter, which features exclusive reporting on marketing and the creator space.He has overseen several award-winning projects at BI.He coedited Jason Guerrasio's feature on the rise and fall of MoviePass, which won a New York Press Club Award and a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club.BI's reporting on MoviePass served as the basis for the HBO documentary "MoviePass MovieCrash." Nathan is interviewed in the documentary and was a consultant during production.He's worked on other stories that have won or been finalists for NAEJ Awards from the LA Press Club.They include:He mainly edits the work of reporters Lucia Moses, Lara O'Reilly, Dan Whateley, Sydney Bradley, and James Faris.Nathan graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a master's degree in journalism in 2015, and from Columbia University in 2011.
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