GrapheneOS Accuses Google of Gatekeeping Android 17 Features and Security Fixes
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GrapheneOS calls out Google for Pixel-exclusive Android 17 QPR1 platform code
Privacy-focused mobile operating system project GrapheneOS has publicly accused Google of gatekeeping standard Android 17 platform security patches and new developer APIs behind the September Pixel Drop, leaving competing Android manufacturers and open-source forks waiting until December’s QPR2 release for critical fixes.
Android remains open source on the brochure. In practice, the source code is waiting for months, security patches travel in reserved business class, and independent systems like GrapheneOS count doors that close.
Google this week released the Android 17 QPR1 update as part of the September Pixel Drop for its own Pixel devices. The GrapheneOS project, which is developing an alternative Android installation focused on privacy and security, criticized ... Read more
GrapheneOS officials have accused Google of limiting access to the security features and patches that come with Android 17 QPR1 for Pixel devices, leaving out equipment manufacturers using their operating system and developers working with Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
The famous alternative ROM GrapheneOS still encounters development problems with the release of the latest version of Android. The fault of Google, which would play it personal on the latest security features and patches.
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