Researchers find some Android phone manufacturers misguide users about missed security updates

Google introduces a new version of Android every year at the I/O event, and except for the Pixel phones and Android One, it is OEM's job to push updates to their portfolio. It is a known fact that Android phones are infamously slow to get updates. The February distribution rate shows only 1.1% of Android phones are running on the latest OS. However, problems with Android software updates don't stop there, Research firm Security Research Labs is claiming that numerous Android manufacturers are lying to users about missed security patches according to a report from The Wired. SRL researchers Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell spent two years analyzing Android Phones to see if they have installed the security patches that the software said it had. The researchers then found out what they call a “patch gap,” where the software claims that it was up to date with security patches but was, in reality, at least a dozen of security-patches were found missing. According to The Wire report, SRL tested firmware from 1,200 phones from companies like Google, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, ZTE, and TCL for every Android patch released last year. They found that even flagships from Samsung and Sony have missed a patch occasionally. Either it was intentional or ...