It is known that half of the devices with the Android system worldwide have not received security fixes on 2016. On the other hand, information has recently arisen that Google may force manufacturers to provide Android updates, so the company has found a workable solution for both parties.
For this year, the company plans to work more closely with smartphone manufacturers to improve this update issue. One of the problems that leads to this type of delays is that, while Google smartphones (Nexus e pixel) receive security updates first hand, at the same time, there are hundreds of operators and manufacturers who have their own ways of testing and deploying patches, so we see that other Android users usually wait months.
Google has ensured that it has been working closely with manufacturers, and recently has lowered the waiting time considerably from six to nine weeks to several days. An example of this is Samsung, which recently promised to release patches every month. (This applies only to security updates.
