This is a game-changer for Android.
Republished on February 15th with a new report into Android 16 Beta 2, bringing Google’s Pixel even closer to Apple’s iPhone.
While update warnings for iPhones and Androids are nothing new, there’s something different this time around. We have not seen this before. It has huge implications for the smartphone duopoly (putting Huawei aside given its unique security issues), and could be a game-changer for Pixel owners as the Android ecosystem changes.
Early this month, Google issued its February security update with a warning that “CVE-2024-53104 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” Exactly one week later, Apple issued its own security update, with a warning that CVE-2025-24200 “may have been exploited…