In March 2016, rumors about the PRO 6 possibly featuring force touch technology appeared after a screenshot had been posted on social media.

The Meizu PRO 6 was released with an updated version of Flyme OS, a modified operating system based on Android Marshmallow.

It has a slate form factor, being rectangular with rounded corners and has only one central physical button at the front.

The PRO 6 features a 5.2-inch Super AMOLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display with a (FHD resolution of 1080 by 1920 pixels.

In addition to the touchscreen input and the front key, the device has a volume/zoom control and the power/lock button on the right side and a 3.5mm TRS audio jack, which is powered by a dedicated Cirrus Logic CS43L36 Hi-Fi amplifier.

Android Authority gave an overall rating of 7.9 out of 10 points, concluding that the PRO 6 “gets a lot right, such as the build quality, the display [..], an extremely fast and accurate fingerprint scanner, and a great sounding speaker”.