Google sounds alarm bell for 40 percent of Android phones

New York: Google says that 40 percent of Android phones worldwide may be vulnerable to new cyber attacks. Google, while releasing an Android update, confirmed that Android Twilio and older phone sets will not be able to withstand such attacks and only 58 percent of the world’s phone sets will be able to support cyber attacks. The information given in the latest chart is worrying. According to the data, at the time of data collection (in December), the latest operating system Android 16 was present on only 7.5 percent of phones, while Android 15 was on 19.3 percent of phones, Android 14 on 17.9 percent on phones and Android 13 was being used on 13.9 percent of phones. These four versions of Android are important because Google no longer provides important security updates for Android 12 or older versions, so while about 58 percent of phones are still under Google’s security support, more than 40 percent of phones are deprived of this facility. More than a billion users are at risk of new cyber attacks and they have no way to secure their phones through security updates. It is being told that Apple is facing difficulties in persuading its iPhone users to upgrade to iOS 26. Until users upgrade, they also remain at risk of new attacks. However, this problem is temporary, because most iPhones will be updated in the coming months, and the number of Apple iPhones that are completely out of support is very small. If your Android phone cannot be updated to Android 13 or newer versions, you Should seriously consider getting a new phone