Android has a very important change imposed by the company Google for the manufacturers who will launch mobile phones in the next period, it being thought of as a major benefit for users. Android has an obligation imposed by the Google company for manufacturers to offer security updates regularly, for 2 years, for every premium phone or tablet sold globally with this operating system.
Android will have to have at least four security updates offered by the manufacturer for customers in the first year after the launch of a phone or tablet, as would be normal without Google imposing this obligation. In the second year after the release of a phone or a tablet, manufacturers must also offer security updates for Android, but for this period there is no obligation to release a certain number of updates.
Android: Very IMPORTANT change imposed by Google
Android has these obligations imposed by Google through the contracts it obliges manufacturers to sign when they choose to use the operating system in their own products. Four security updates per year for Android is quite a bit, considering that the operating system has many problems, and major vulnerabilities are always discovered, with which customers are forced to stay, because there is no one to solve them.
"A contract obtained by us requires Android device makers to regularly install updates for any popular phone or tablet for at least two years. Google's contract with Android partners stipulates that they must provide "at least four security updates" within one year of the phone's launch. Security updates are mandated within the second year as well, though without a specified minimum number of releases."
Android also has another condition imposed by Google, more precisely, manufacturers must release security updates for the operating system no later than 90 days after Google discovers any major vulnerability. From here comes the obligation to release at least 4 security updates in the first year, but even in the second, the number should remain unchanged, Android should be more secure thanks to these changes, but it's a long way until Google learns producers to respect their customers.
