News Google Issues Largest Android Security Update

The July Android Security bulletin provides 108 patches and debuts a new model for patch updates.
Google released its largest Android security update ever, with Qualcomm driver-related flaws topping the list of 108 different vulnerabilities. The July Android update far exceeds any past Android update in terms of the total number of vulnerabilities, and it introduces a new two bundle patch set approach to help accelerate the overall patching process.

The July Android patches follow the June update that only patched 40 issues in Google's mobile operating system. Prior to the July update, Google had patched 163 issues in Android in 2016; with the July patches, the 2016 total is now 271.

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