Upgrades and security fixes were recently de-coupled. Now responsible vendors do a monthly security updates, regardless of version. So if you're on the 4.x or 5

Upgrades and security fixes were recently de-coupled. Now responsible vendors do a monthly security updates, regardless of version. So if you're on the 4.x or 5.x tree you should be able to get these, OEM depending. The problem here is that a lot of smaller OEMs will never bother. Google might put mandatory security updates into its next Gapps contract. I guess we'll see. > the features (and change in looks/functionality) introduced in the later versions do not interest me much. I think the advances in volta/doze/app suspend for battery life and the 6.0 privacy settings, not to mention the Material overhaul are very big benefits to Android. Android 6.0 is a much more mature OS than the 4.x tree. In fact, I'd say they only recently have reached parity with iOS at this release. I don't get many "I should switch to iphone" feelings anymore. Many of my privacy and battery life concerns were addressed in 6.0 and the 6P is amazing hardware for the price.