Same here. Any news on the marshmallow?

I'll throw a request for information here as well. I really enjoy the form factor and stock UI of this device - its been my go to tablet since I got it - and I would love to see 6.0 on it. Knowing there's an upgrade in the works would be great - I'm getting the itch to start looking around for root possibilities!

I second this.. this tablet deserves marshmallow. It would be a shame to see EOL after 1 year. It would make me rethink my future commitments..

Same here... I have a V8-7K on its way to me... I would love to be rewarded hearing the an upgrade is in the works.

One kind of get the impression that Dell has abandoned the Venue 8 7840. This is a great device and having Marshmallow would be great as it enables the the SD card to be integrated like it is part of the internal memory thus giving greater freedom in terms of space. I searched the internet and I have found no useful info on whether this device will be updated to Marshmallow. At least a Dell Rep should say something.

Yup - I asked on Twitter around the same time I posted here, and got a generic "Thank you reaching out to us. We do not have any update regarding the Marshmallow update for Venue 8." And same - I've scoured the web with my advanced Google-fu and there's very little out there . . . which, again, is a shame, as this is a really nice looking tablet, with a thin slab form factor that I love. 

dell almost gave up on this tablet from CES at its launch..

We had to<ADMIN NOTE: Profanity removed as per TOU> and<ADMIN NOTE: Profanity removed as per TOU> and<ADMIN NOTE: Profanity removed as per TOU> and<ADMIN NOTE: Profanity removed as per TOU> before they finally created a loli rom.. which they said on the launch day that it would ship with loli...

IT took dell 5 months to upgrade it from KitKat to lollypop.

and only after the tech sites caught wind of dells once again

<ADMIN NOTE: Profanity removed as per TOU> approach to tablets and updates, and after some top tech sites started questioning dell about their lying and stalling.. it finally came out..

For gawd sakes.. the kit kat rom was ripped right from a phone rom.. it even had the phone icon in the audio controls.

Marshmallow... LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL... It will never happen.

The leading forum for all things tablet and phones "XDA DEVELOPERS"  has a forum dedicated to dells tablets and phones.. ITS CALLED THE LEGACY AND LOW ACTIVITY DEVICES.....

I have said it once and I will say it again.. STAY AWAY FROM DELL.

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I'm reading dozens of pages of issues that the [Nvidea] Shield device encountered with the Marshmallow upgrade and would rather have a smooth working Lollipop than a bug-laden Marshmallow.  I was lucky enough to get a 32GB Venue so I have a bit more wiggle-room.  I've heard about the only visible Marshmallow benefit is the SD card usability... but then have read conflicting reports what that actually gets you in real terms.

That's actually a good point.  nVidia took a lot of time making their 6.0 releases, then ended up pulling the first one down for last minute fixes.

its a valid point if we were not talking about dell. They have a history of dropping support for their android tablets 6 months into a flagships release.

Its not about them making sure it is perfected..  look at this tablets release, at CES it was touted that it would ship with loli, it did not. It was a half baked kitkat release from their phone dept.. lol it even had a phone volume button.

Then loli was released after delay and delay.. 5 or 6 months later. And guess what, there were huge bugs.. 

There is no way in he11 that dell will be spending 1 second to make sure this so called flagship device updated with marshmalllow, Sure id be excited if they did.. but its never going to happen.. 

Dell is ... once again dell.