Consumer mag Which? calls for manufacturers to be open about how long they will support devices
File this one under "well, duh." Consumer mag Which? today published research estimating that over a billion Android devices are vulnerable to hackers and malware as they are not receiving security updates.
Data obtained from Google by the publication found that 42.1 per cent of active Android users are languishing on version 6.0 or earlier.
The most current version of Android is version 10, while Android 9.0 Pie and Android 8.0 Oreo continue to receive updates. The Chocolate Factory is expected to release a major update to the world's most popular mobile operating system, Android 11, later this year.
Anything below Android 8.0, therefore, is vulnerable. Extrapolating from the data, Which? believes that almost one million Android phones ..
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