LG Promises Speedier Smartphone OS Updates

New versions of Android are notoriously dull to roll out. Right now, for case, the latest version of Android, Oreo, which was released to the public in August 2022, is only running on around one percent of Android devices, according to Google'southward developers dashboard.

For those with LG smartphones, this should be less of an effect going forrad. The company today opened a new Software Upgrade Heart in South Korea, which it says will focus on delivering "faster, timelier, smartphone operating system and software updates."

LG says that getting Android Oreo rolled out to the G6 will be ane of the Software Update Heart'due south "first initiatives." The company plans to start updating handsets in Korea afterward this month, followed by "other key markets."

"The creation of the center will enable LG to roll out OS updates faster in countries where LG smartphones are available to ensure that customers around the world receive the same level of quality service," LG wrote in a news release. Besides developing and pushing out regular Os updates, the center will exist responsible for "continuously testing the stability and compatibility between hardware and software later updates," the company added.

Meanwhile, a recent study by researchers at High german security house Security Research Labs revealed that Android phone manufacturers are seriously slacking when it comes to deploying security updates, according to Wired.

"Not just do many Android telephone vendors fail to brand patches available to their users, or filibuster their release for months; they sometimes also tell users their phone'southward firmware is fully upwardly to engagement, even while they've secretly skipped patches," the study notes.

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'due south expert on fettle and smart dwelling house products. Teaching yoga for nigh 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, middle charge per unit monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength grooming machines, treadmills, and more. Angela besides tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, but to name a few.