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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Samsung Will Also Start Issuing “Fast Tracked” Monthly Security Updates

Today has been all about security on Android. First, we saw Samsung and Google prepare “Stagefright” updates for a number of devices, followed by an announcement that Google would begin pushing monthly security updates to its Nexus line. Samsung, in a separate post, has announced a similar initiative. 

The Korean electronics giant announced a new “Android security update process” that fast tracks known security patches over-the-air (OTA) to devices. The updates could rollout as often as each month, thanks to the help of carriers and other partners. For example, Samsung has fast tracked updates to a number of its Galaxy devices just a week after the Stagefright vulnerability was made public. Outside of Samsung, only Google has prepared updates that we know of.

This new process will take a bit of time to get fully accepted by all partners, but so far we have seen Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T on board.

Via:  Samsung

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