If your smartphone is also working on Android 12 or Android 12L operating system, then today’s news is especially for you. Google has taken a big step and stopped supporting old smartphones.
After this step of Google, now those who are running smartphones with Android 12 and 12L OS will not get security updates from the company. This decision has worried millions of people because this decision of Google is no less than an alarm bell for the users.
Why are there alarm bells?
Not getting security updates from Google means that the security of the smartphones of Android 12 and Android 12L users is at risk. This means that if any new security bug comes, then there will be no update from Google to remove that bug. In simple language, this means that cyber criminals can also take advantage of the flaw in the phone’s security.
Google releases security updates for the Android operating system every month. The updates help in removing bugs and security flaws in the latest and older Android versions. Google released the April update but both these Android versions did not get the update. One thing to note here is that in March, an update was given to remove bugs in both these Android versions.
Android Authority’s report has revealed that Google has stopped providing security updates. If a new bug comes in the phone, then the chances of threats like malware attack, data theft, phishing attack can increase. Apart from this, keeping payment apps, banking apps and personal data in the phone has also become risky.
Google has an old habit
This habit of Google is quite old, if any operating system turns 3 to 3.5 years old then the company ends support for those Android versions. Let us remind you that almost 3.5 years have passed since Android 12 and three years since Android 12L.
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