Sentences with phrase «monthly updates to its devices»

The tech giant has been rolling out monthly updates to its devices almost immediately after Google devices start receiving the treat.

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Presenting data from a smart meter, Google PowerMeter sits on your Google homepage or handheld device and provides monthly, weekly, and hourly updates as to energy efficiency.

BlackBerry promises 24 months of guaranteed monthly security updates with the device, and the lightweight skin may appeal to Nexus owners left behind as Google turns its own - brand phones into a high - end consumer brand.

While it continues to receive monthly cumulative updates, there will be no more feature updates for the device.

But Asus does seem to be on top of its monthly security updates (for the most part), and it has done a decent job with the optical zoom on the camera — but seeing as the camera is its primary selling point, it still doesn't seem worth going the Asus route as opposed to other devices.

Usually, Google rolls out monthly security updates to its devices beginning the first week of every month.

Accordingly, Samsung will no longer be rolling out major OS updates or monthly security patches to those devices: they have officially been taken off Samsung's security update list.

The company is committing to delivering at least two years of monthly security updates, Google Play Protect, and a curated set of preloaded apps to its devices.

The latest monthly security patch for Android is here, and as usual, the update is rolling out first to Pixel and Nexus devices.

Google said the update would roll out today in a blog post announcing a new monthly security update schedule for Nexus devices, and the build number lines up with what Sprint said would begin rolling out to the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6.

Between the rise of fingerprint scanners on Android devices (and corresponding API support), the publication of high - profile exploits like Stagefright, and the company's move to deliver monthly security updates for its Nexus lineup, Google's been tackling the issue of device and data security from all angles.

Last year, Motorola - which is owned by Lenovo - refused to commit to monthly Android security updates for its devices, saying it was too «difficult».

Seeing how HMD Global has been getting the latest monthly security patch updates to its devices before other Android OEMs, we will not be surprised if HMD Global finishes the Oreo update rollout for all its smartphones before other companies.

The monthly update pattern began in 2015 when some Android smartphone makers such as HTC, LG, and Samsung announced their plans of following Google's lead and release monthly security updates to premium devices soon after Google rolls out the software to its hardware partners.

This makes the Galaxy A5 (2017) among the first devices in Samsung's arsenal to receive the February patch and that is not surprising, given the fact that the Galaxy A-series of smartphones have indeed been the first smartphones to get the monthly security updates from the manufacturer for the last few months.

It is not just Google and Samsung that usually roll out monthly software updates to their devices.

On a positive note, Google will still push monthly security updates to the Pixel and Pixel XL outside of Verizon's control, ensuring users have a secure device at all times.

Some manufacturers have also claimed that they're making an effort to update devices with the same monthly security releases that Nexus and Pixel phones receive.

The company's core development team was on holiday at this point last year due to the Chinese New Year, consequently pausing open beta releases for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T for a month, but no such announcements have been made this year and the firm will presumably continue issuing software updates for its devices on a monthly basis.

Monthly device updates are an important tool to make and keep Android users safe,» Google notes.

That's brought great benefits to Nokia's existing devices launched in 2017: it was one of the first manufacturers to update to Android Oreo from Nougat, several months ahead of established rivals and it's kept up with monthly security updates too.

Despite the fact that the expense would be even greater when spread across such a massive lineup of flagship devices, Samsung has fully committed to the new monthly security patch program, and continues to issue security updates on a timely schedule.

Google issues monthly security updates and rolls out version updates to all of its supported Pixel, Nexus, and Android Go devices, but these are not always released in a timely manner by manufacturers and carriers for other devices.

HMD Global has promised monthly security updates for its entire lineup of devices, as well as an upgrade to Android 8.0 Oreo by the end of the year.

The 2014 Samsung flagship joins the likes of Google Pixel, Pixel XL, and Google Nexus 6P as the few devices that have now been updated to the latest monthly security update.

Both of those devices are likely to get updates, especially BlackBerry and how it has stuck to a monthly security schedule, whereas the software upgrade process may be murky for Alcatel.

This is the same monthly update that is also rolling out to last year's Google Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X as well as other Google devices, among them the Google Nexus 5 and Nexus 7.

This date shows the customer at what point the device has been patched, and Google's idea is that this date will be inside the last month for currently supported devices, as it has promised to release updates on a monthly basis.

HMD Global has done a fantastic job when it comes to rolling out monthly security updates to its Android phones, and the company said earlier this year that it'll deliver the Oreo update to its entire portfolio of devices: the Nokia 3, Nokia 5, Nokia 6, and the Nokia 8.

According to Google, the monthly updates» name shall be changed to Android Security Bulletin so as to include a broader range of vulnerabilities affecting all Android devices.

With Google changing tactics in the way it deals with updates, BlackBerry has also promised its beta users that the monthly Android security updates will be coming to their devices early enough, days before they are officially rolled out to the public.

It might take even more time for carrier - based phones to receive these monthly updates compared to the unlocked variants, but lately, T - Mobile has been doing pretty much well when it comes to rolling out Android security updates to its flagship devices.

The company has promised to release monthly security updates for this device but for some odd reason has decided to put the Galaxy A8 + (2018) on a quarterly update schedule.

«We have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air (OTA) update as part of our Android Security Bulletin Monthly Release process,» says Android.

Google pushes monthly software updates to take care of security issues and bring minor improvements to newer Android - powered devices.

This continued the search engine giant's now - tradition of rolling out monthly updates to Android devices, updates that can also be picked up by all partner OEMs and carriers in order to avail them to users.

Google has gotten a lot at better at updating Android devices with new security fixes via monthly patches, working with manufacturers to make it happen on a monthly basis and keep it coming at a consistent rate.

With more than 500 million active monthly devices, the rollout, as with past major updates, is likely to take several weeks to months.

Last year, Motorola scared Moto Z and Moto G4 owners by declaring that it might be unable to keep up with the demands for the monthly Android updates that Google releases for all devices.

Following the recent discovery of the Stagefright vulnerability, Google announced that it would commit to issuing monthly security updates to Nexus devices for at least three years.

Previously, Google only offered monthly notifications to third - party Android manufacturers regarding security issues, but wasn't on a regular schedule for issuing security updates to its own devices.

Google announced today that it's aiming to improve its security efforts for its Nexus line of Android devices by introducing new monthly security updates and offering a 2 to 3 year guarantee for updates to the devices.

With the latest revision to its software update schedule, Telus says monthly Android security upgrades will arrive on most Nexus - branded devices on May 2.

As a reminder, Android monthly security updates aim to keep the device safe and up to date against the latest security threats.

Some OEM partners combine their monthly security updates with the latest Android Security Bulletin to ensure that every month they're sending out an update that ensures their devices remain safe.

Most recently the company has unveiled its flagship Nokia 8, but it already has several budget devices in the hands of consumers, and one of those is beating Google to the punch with a monthly security update.

Over at the Reddit AMA, the Pixel team also noted that the Pixel C will be regularly updated on a monthly basis akin to a Nexus device.

Last year when Stage Fright was making owning an Android device an act of constant faith, Google formally guaranteed that they would be keeping Nexus devices up to date via monthly security patches for three years after release with major over the air updates continuing to roll out for at least two years.

As most of you are already well aware, Google pushes out a monthly update to Pixel and supported Nexus devices which fixes any security bugs that were found in the past month.