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

This update decision comes as a surprise. Updated on Dec. 6 with a more detailed Android threat assessment and the news that Google has issued attack warnings for targeted users around the world.

Yet despite all that choice, Samsung remains the undisputed king of Android. Its global market share among Android makers exceeds 30%. In other words, almost one in three people who buy an Android ...