In light of Yet More Android vulns:
My 2015 purchased-new Android tablet has never seen a vendor OS update. It runs v5.0.2, not even current at the time, as 5.1.1 was released over six months before. It was obsolete when sold.
None of this information was available to me at the time. I'd purchased the device under sharp time, budget, and information constraints whilst travelling.
#Google #Android #Samsung #security #monopoly
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@dredmorbius that's one of the reasons my most recent phone was the #Xiaomi #MiA1 (which essentially is the #Mi5X with #StockAndroid).
Since it is an #AndroidOne device, it came with the promise of frequent OTA updates till at least #Android9 (Pie), even though it was released with #Android7 (Nougat).
It likely won't see an official update to #Android10 (Q), but Xiaomi devices are generally well-supported in the ROM community.
Yeah, #AndroidOne is part of Googles attempts to improve things, getting non-Google devices with 3 years support and monthly updates is a definite plus
Also been changing #Android so some things that were previously OS components are now updated over Google Play, so dont have to rely on phone vendors to push updates
AOSP is open source & anyone can fork it and do what they want. In order to use the #Android ™ brand, the Play store & all Google services the device… 1/2
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