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So an owner of an android phone is dependent on both Google/Android and the >> vendor to ensure that their device is fully up-to-date.This ability to update every Android 10+ device every month over the Internet, is something that Apple should consider doing for customers.
Google/Android provides both AOSP (i.e. full versions) and project mainline >> (i.e. critical system components) updates.
Project mainline as described above only covers some parts of an Android
devices' software ecosystem so if that is the only active update mechanism >> then a user is still potentially vulnerable due to deprecation in vendor
and/or Android non-critical system components.
So if you have a Galaxy A12 (released June 2020) which is stuck on Android >> 12, you aren't getting any vendor updates (since approx 2023), no Android
security updates (since March this year), and are dependent on the Android >> 12-specific mainline updates to a limited subset of android components
which won't include modules introduced since then (ie the bluetooth stack). >> It is very unclear what is covered by which support for any given phone.
In contrast, with Apple being both the hardware vendor and OS developer
everything comes through iOS updates - or rarely RSRs - and anyone with an >> iphone is either fully supported or not. Full support is historically 6-7
years since launch, although Apple recently committing to a minimum of 5
years which lacks ambition.
An iphone SE 2nd Gen (launched April 2020) is currently fully supported in >> iOS 18 and will still be supported with iOS 26.
This ability to update every Android 10+ device every month over the
Internet, is something that Apple should consider doing for customers.
Why? The above shows that project mainline is a sticking plaster and
doesn't provide complete coverage.
Chris wrote:
This ability to update every Android 10+ device every month over the
Internet, is something that Apple should consider doing for customers.
Why? The above shows that project mainline is a sticking plaster and
doesn't provide complete coverage.
Hi Chris,
If you understood how iOS & Android update, the why should be obvious given the older Android phones are updated monthly for the core OS modules that matter most.
Meanwhile, once an iOS device can no longer install the latest operating system, you may as well throw it over the next bridge - it's that toxic.
Why do you think iOS has 1-1/2 times the number of known exploits, Chris?