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But most people don't get access to that work, because their phones don't get updated.
by s73ver_ 9y ago
But most people don't get access to that work, because their phones don't get updated.
- chickenbane 9y agoNo, most people get access to this work, despite their phones not getting updated. They get this via access to the Google Play Store. If an Android device has access to the store, Google can check and remove malware from the device. Incidentally, these checks are how Google has a pretty comprehensive view of active vulnerabilities and in devices as well as active exploits being used. The result is if a user does not enable unknown sources and only installs apps from the Play Store (the default and by far the most common configuration) they have a vanishingly small chance of being infected by malware.
- guelo 9y agoGoogle has done a ton on work extracting chunks of the OS and moving it into OTA updatable components. Google has also done tons of work on making the core OS easier for OEMs to update.
- s73ver_ 9y agoThey've done some work on some parts. There are still large chunks of the OS that can't do that. And the core OS was never that difficult to update, it's more that the OEMs had no incentive, and still have no incentive, to do so.
- pjmlp 9y agoIt has nothing to do with the OS being easier to update, rather Google not wanting to force OEMs to do so. Expect the same rate of updates with Treble certified devices.