In the Android 6.0 CDD, Google has changed the language again from "strongly RECOMMENDED" to "MUST", therefore requiring full disk encryption for all new devices released after Android 6.0.

Android 6.0 Marshmallow makes full-disk encryption mandatory for most new devices Google is stepping up and mandating full disk encryption in Marshmallow (again). This time, we hope the feature ...

In the months leading up to Google's launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop, the search giant told anyone that would listen that its new mobile operating system would ...

News Google makes secure boot, full-disk encryption mandatory for some Android 6.0 devices Devices with enough memory and decent cryptographic performance will need to have full-disk encryption ...