Google will force OEMs to regularly push Android security updates
Although the overall market share of the mobile operating system is high, Android has faced tremendous pressure for system updates and security patches that are not timely enough for many years. The good news is that in order to change this situation, Google has decided to force original equipment (OEM) manufacturers to push security updates on a regular basis. At the I/O 2018 Developer Conference held this week, Dave Kleidermacher, Google’s mobile security leader, passed on this information to everyone.
He said that according to the contract, OEM partners are obliged to issue patches regularly, saying that they are committed to emphasizing the importance of this aspect in the OEM agreement. The advantage of doing so is that there will be a substantial increase in equipment and users receive regular security patches.
“We’ve also worked on building security patching into our OEM agreements. Now this will really lead to a massive increase in the number of devices and users receiving regular security patches.“
In March, Kleidermacher said in an interview with Cnet that the current Android security is comparable to that of competitors. During this time, he also mentioned that they would press OEMs to require them to release patches faster.
Smartphone security update availability report (February 2018)
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Source: CNET
