The latest
security maintenance release includes fixes for six critical vulnerabilities in the Android operating system aside from fixes for countless low, moderate and high - risk vulnerabilities.
We'll continue rolling out the unlocking capability over time to other devices as part
of maintenance releases and new shipments.
Even as Android matures as a platform, the pace of development hasn't slowed — if anything, the new push behind transparent,
regular maintenance releases could accelerate things even further.
This month's security
maintenance release brings fixes for nine critical vulnerabilities found in the Android operating system as well as scores of moderate - risk and high - risk vulnerabilities.
A few days following the release of the official Android 7.0 Nougat, reports started emerging that Google is working on coming in with the first
Maintenance Release for the mobile OS.
But reading between the lines of two recent Android announcements gives us a small, tantalizing glimpse of the first
Oreo maintenance release.
For the most part, this is a fairly mundane update, but as the majority of Android Wear manufacturers just follow Google's lead, it is refreshing to see ASUS take care of their own product
with maintenance releases like these.
So
maintenance releases in the Nougat era are partly about codifying Android's smaller updates, and partly about giving developers more of a chance to prepare for these changes before they land.
In fact, Google rolled - out the Android 8.1
maintenance release update to Pixel and Nexus devices earlier this month, and it's fair to say that it will take most Android devices quite a while to be updated to that particular version.
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It's actually rolling out the February security patch for these handsets now even though that's no longer the latest security
maintenance release from Google and Samsung.
Giving the timing of the launch event, in early October, we'd expect it to ship with the first
quarterly maintenance release for Android Nougat, which will be Android 7.1 according to one prominent leaker.
Lenovo and Motorola have never committed to monthly security updates, and Motorola claims it will «bundle security updates in a
scheduled Maintenance Release (MR) or OS upgrade.»
The updates will address a number of bugs for each device; here is what you can expect: Samsung Galaxy
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As far back as June of 2013, we've been hearing that mid January was the release time frame for some carriers and then a
further maintenance release of 10.2.1 + will arrive in June 2014.
Google has just announced Android 7.1.2 Beta, which is an
incremental maintenance release focused on refinements, so it includes a number of bugfixes and optimizations, along with a small number of enhancements for carriers and users.
On the other hand, there were 3
maintenance release branches in AOSP for Marshmallow, so that may not truly be solid basis for this speculation.
We speculated that this feature would go live in Android 8.1, but the devices expected to launch with this
expected maintenance release — the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL — launched with the current SDK version 26 (Android 8.0).
You may remain in the Android Beta Program beyond the initial O release to preview future Android
O maintenance releases (MRs).
While you may not see a huge difference in the overall user experience when installing a security patch, major platform updates and
maintenance releases tend to feature a laundry list of fixes that significantly improve the performance of your phone.
Motorola said it is difficult to push out monthly security patches for its smartphones, preferring to bundle the updates into
bigger maintenance releases or operating system upgrades.
The latest security
maintenance release features fixes for five critical vulnerabilities in Android as well as 13 found in Samsung's own software.
Samsung was notified about these issues and said that eight of the 11 bugs had already been squashed and pushed to users in the
October Maintenance Release.
The Galaxy A5 (2017) was actually one of the first few devices to receive this security
maintenance release soon after Samsung detailed it earlier this month.
But now, Nexus owners can get their hands Nougat's first
official maintenance release, bringing with it features like quick app shortcuts, new emoji and support for image keyboards — along with the usual bug fixes.
Yesterday's update to the Moto 360 was listed with «A variety of system optimizations and security updates to improve performance and stability» which basically means that this is a run - of - the -
mill maintenance release.
It's possible that we'll see Samsung be quick with the March 2018 security patch release as it couldn't really focus on last month's security
maintenance release because of its preoccupation with the Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Galaxy S8.
Analyzed and develop technical solutions for various engineering problems reported from the field; and deployed the fixes to the field
as maintenance releases and hot fixes to US and global customers.
There's no suggestion that these new - style buttons will come to other Android devices, Nexus or otherwise, with the arrival of the first
Nougat maintenance release (Android 7.1).
Specifically, ATRIX 4G, Photon 4G and Electrify will not receive the ICS upgrade, but continue to be supported
with maintenance releases to ensure optimum performance for the consumer.
Nougat's
next maintenance release is Android 7.1.2, already heading out to select Pixel and Nexus devices in public beta form.
As we move beyond Android 7.0, the Beta program will evolve into a way to test
new Maintenance Releases (MRs) of Nougat.
Google has announced that
regular Maintenance Release (MR) updates will be rolling out in pre-release form to those on the beta program.