Google will require that phone makers roll out monthly security updates

During Google I/O, head of Android Security, David Kleidermacher, spoke about the changes that are coming to security in Android P. Of course, the talk started by mentioning the ways that Google has made it easier for OEMs to make updates for their Android devices thanks to things like Project Treble. As reported by XDA-Developers Google is taking it a step further by modifying its OEM agreements to include revisions that require regular security patches as part of this agreement. We've also worked on building security patching into our OEM agreements. Now this will really lead to a...

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