How will updates be handled? If we have to wait for carriers to pass along fixes for things like stagefright bugs, then this is dead in the water.
Getting updates right will be crucial.
Getting updates right will be crucial.
a bit full of themselves but it seems that they will follow the security updates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagefright_%28bug%29
I think GP means bugs in things like system libraries, where you expect the OS vendor to be making the fix.
Since it is deeply embedded in the system, it is not possible to just push a Play Services update in order to update it.
These past months, several vulnerabilities have been revealed in that module. They allow privilege escalation & remote code execution.
The Nexus line (directly handled by Google) now receives very frequent security updates. Now, all the OEMs need to follow suit and also publish these updates for their own terminals.