Google has just issued an updated Android distribution chart and it makes for an alarming read. The latest OS — Android 16 — was on just 7.5% of phones when the data was captured in December, while ...

Samsung paused Play System updates for many Galaxy phones a while back. Now, recent Galaxy phones are getting these updates ...

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Google’s Android Security Bulletin shows that March 2025 marked the final round of security patches issued for Android 12 and ...

With the first few generations of Tensor-powered Pixel devices, Google carried a policy of 3 years of major Android OS updates followed by 2 additional years of security updates. In 2023, though, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. The findings are clear, Google says. “Android users reported ...

Motorola has been actively working on bringing Android 16 to its devices. The brand launched the beta program in June for select devices and has recently begun rolling out the stable build of Android ...

According to a recent Google report, 40 percent of the world's Android smartphones (approximately over 1 billion devices) are ...

While Motorola has improved its update policy to offer up to five years of Android updates to many devices, that list is still much smaller compared to those that promise just three OS updates.