The Mountain View-based company said on Wednesday it would work with phone makers to fix the flaw and promised to regularly update security measures for Android devices.
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A Samsung VP commented that “developing a fast response process to deliver security patches to our devices is critical to keep them protected”.
Meanwhile, Samsung has also announced its new aggressive Android security update process that will track faster security patches over the air when security vulnerabilities are uncovered.
The most recent effort, the one that brings us here, is a twirl in the direction of Nexus devices, pieces of hardware that already take a close to pole position in the Android security food chain. Since there are thousands of different iterations of the Android versions, there is no one way to launch a major patch or security update for all of them.
On Wednesday, the security firm LookOut released the app called the Stagefright Detector in the Google Play app store that basically tells Android users if their phones are still exposed or if it has received the necessary software updates. Nexus devices with numbers in the name will start receiving a Stagefright-related security update today. In addition, Google has recently rolled out the Stagefright Vulnerability patch.
A new update to Android’s Database by Google detailing the user rates of the various versions of android proves the growing popularity of this platform.
Luckily for Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (first and second gen), Nexus 9, Nexus 10 and Nexus Player owners, you won’t have to worry about Stagefright as a security update is now available for your device. Google has announced a similar program for its own Nexus phones.
For those of you anxious about the Stagefright flaw in Android, be reassured, a patch will be coming down the line in the next few days.
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Samsung Vice President Rick Segal acknowledged that his company could not force the telecommunications carriers that buy its devices in bulk to install the fixes and that some might do so only for higher-end users. Samsung has not given any specifics about which devices will be support or for how long.
