Samsung has spoken about its infrequent delivery of Google Play system updates and has confirmed a fix is coming this month.

Google “ automatically updates ” Android phones with critical system fixes installed in the background, absent all the ...

Update, June 28, 2025: This story, originally published on June 27, has been updated with advice from Google on how to check and update your Android version in response to the news that Chrome will ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...