Android M, now known as Android Marshmallow 6.0, is finally beginning to roll out to a few non-Nexus Android smartphones, like the third generation Moto X Pure Edition. And while Motorola first announced its device list for the Android M upgrade in October, as it now begins the rollout to its flagship Moto X 2015, the company has also added a few new smartphones to its rollout plan.

Motorola's first list of smartphones that were updateable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow did not include any mention of the 2015 Moto E, as 9to5Google pointed out.

Also absent from the list were the Verizon DROID Turbo 2 and DROID Maxx 2, though Motorola can be forgiven for that, since those phones hadn't been publicly unveiled at that point in time. It was the same case for the 2015 Moto X Force, which was introduced the day after Verizon's DROID Turbo 2.

Now all of those Motorola smartphones have been officially added by the company to its master list of products eligible for the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, though release dates for those specific OTA update rollouts are still unavailable.

Another caveat: the Android M update will only be coming to 2015 Moto E with 4G LTE variants in Latin America, Canada, Europe, and Asia (excluding China). Moto E owners in the U.S. are out of luck.

Here's the full, updated list of Android 6.0 Marshmallow-upgradeable devices released by Motorola this week:

  • 2015 Moto X Pure Edition (3rd gen)
  • 2015 Moto X Style (3rd gen)
  • 2015 Moto X Play
  • 2015 Moto G (3rd gen)
  • 2014 Moto X Pure Edition in the US (2nd gen)
  • 2014 Moto X in Latin America, Canada, Europe and Asia2 (2nd gen)
  • 2014 Moto G and Moto G with 4G LTE2 (2nd gen)
  • DROID Turbo
  • 2014 Moto MAXX
  • 2014 Moto Turbo
  • Nexus 6
  • Moto X Force
  • DROID Turbo 2
  • DROID Maxx 2
  • 2015 Moto E with 4G LTE in Latin America, Canada, Europe and Asia2 (2nd Gen)

Along with under-the-hood improvements Android M brings, like the power-saving "Doze" mode and control over individual app permissions, Motorola is also changing a few things about its own software.

For one, since "Do Not Disturb" mode in Android M will now be placed under Sound and Notification settings and updated to interact with alarms and follow daily schedules, Motorola is dropping Moto Assist --which performed basically the same function. Motorola will also retire Motorola Migrate, as Android M now covers that need with improved user data backup support.

Motorola explained the subtractions saying, "both of these products were valuable in their time but the world has moved on and they no longer add enough value to justify taking up space in your device."

An Android OEM deciding to eliminate its custom pre-installed apps from a software update? That's pretty unheard of, but welcome.