If your smartphone is also working on Android 12 or Android 12L operating system, then today’s news is special for you. Taking a big step, Google has stopped supporting old smartphones. After this move of Google, people who are running smartphones with Android 12 and 12 LOS will not get security updates from the company. This decision has worried millions of people because this decision of Google is not less than a danger bell for users.
Why is the alarm bell?
Not getting security updates from Google means that the security of smartphones of Android 12 and Android 12 L. users is in danger. This means that if any new security bug comes, then Google will not get updates to remove that bug. In easy language, it means that cyber criminals can also take advantage of flaw in the security of the phone.
Google releases security updates for Android operating systems every month, updates the latest and the old Android versions helped to remove bugs and security related flaws. Google released the April update but both these Android versions did not get the update. One thing that is going to note here is that in March, both these Android versions were given updates to remove Bugs.
The Android Authority report has revealed that Google has stopped giving security updates. If there is a new bug in the phone, then the chances of danger like malware attack, data theft, fishing attack in the phone may increase. Apart from this, keeping payment apps, banking apps and personal data in the phone has also become risky.
Google’s old habit
This habit of Google is quite old, if the company is 3 to 3.5 years, then the company ends support for those Android versions. Recall that it had passed for about 3.5 years on Android 12 and three years had passed for Android 12 L.