Last we’d heard from Sony and their Android 6.0 Marshmallow trials was in mid December when things were apparently going well for the company. At that time, Sony had decided to extend the trials past New Year’s when they were originally set to end though no specifics were given to when the official OS update would come.

Some had hoped that with the trials preceding smoothly, that we’d see the update arrive by late January but as the month ticks to an end, that’s seemingly less and less likely and Australian carrier Telstra agrees. More after the jump.

 Sony has still not released any expected ETA, but last October Australian carrier Telstra indicated that a January 2016 launch looked likely. Now the same carrier has updated its software update page to confirm that Marshmallow for the Xperia Z4 Tablet “has been delayed” and they are currently waiting on Sony “to revise submission date”. 

From everything I’ve read, it appears that both Sony and its trial users of Marshmallow were quite happy with the release. Short of something going wrong last minute or perhaps Sony still having internal data that points to kinks which need to be addressed, it’s perhaps feasible to see Sony announce the availability of the OS at MWC 2016 which is just a few weeks away.

Discuss:

When do you think Android 6.0 Marshmallow is coming to Sony Xperia smartphones and tablets?

[Via XperiaBlog]