OEMs required to provide regular Android security updates

[Ink]

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https://betanews.com/2018/05/12/google-android-security-update-policy/

Google will be putting some pressure on manufacturers to secure handsets.

Speaking at Google I/O, David Kleidermacher -- the head of Android platform security -- said:

"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."​

At the moment, there is no indication of quite when this policy might come into force, nor how strict Google would be about enforcing it. It's also not clear how much the change in policy would help owners of older handsets who have not received security updates for quite some time -- it is likely to apply, at best, to phones with Oreo and newer.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Finally I hope we can the results soon, but probably too late for the older devices people have.

 

[brambedkar59]

There is that good news, I have been waiting this whole week.

 

[SumTingWong]

Samsung is barely push out any security update until a lot of users complain on the forum.

 

[Weebarra]

Sounds good but just how much pressure can Google put on manufacturers ? Google are not a law enforcement so theoretically they can't force them to do it. Although i assume that they just wouldn't allow any of their apps/os on devices and then no one would be in business. I sincerely hope they do come to an agreement as it is better for the consumer.

Finally I hope we can the results soon, but probably too late for the older devices people have.

Yeah, that's me, my phone is pretty ancient by todays standards but i won't be upgrading until it actually dies a death.

 

[ForgottenSeer 72227]

This is great news! Hopefully they can keep the pressure on these manufactures.

Sounds good but just how much pressure can Google put on manufacturers ? Google are not a law enforcement so theoretically they can't force them to do it. Although i assume that they just wouldn't allow any of their apps/os on devices and then no one would be in business. I sincerely hope they do come to an agreement as it is better for the consumer.



Yeah, that's me, my phone is pretty ancient by todays standards but i won't be upgrading until it actually dies a death.

I am assuming there are licence agreements between Google and the manufacture(s) to sell these phones (I could be wrong though). If so, maybe Google can threaten to cancel these agreements, effectively removing the offending company's ability to sell Android phones?