Security News > 2018 > May > Google will force Android OEMs to push out security patches regularly

Android P, the ninth major version of the widely-used mobile OS, is expected to be released later this year. Google has already announced a slew of security and privacy improvements that will be shipped with it, but David Kleidermacher, head of Android security at the company, has recently shared more welcome news: the company is working to make sure that all Android OEMs are delivering patches regularly to their devices. Android’s update problem Google has … More → The post Google will force Android OEMs to push out security patches regularly appeared first on Help Net Security.
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