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TL;DR
- Google has shared the newest Android safety fixes with its 2024-12-01 and 2024-12-05 patch ranges.
- Updates will not be but accessible for Pixel telephones, however ought to arrive inside days.
- Google Play Providers is bringing further card help to Pockets for Put on OS smartwatches.
December is right here, and it gained’t be lengthy now earlier than we’re 2024 within the rear-view mirror and preparing for all the brand new telephones coming our approach within the new yr. Earlier than it does, although, we’ve obtained one final month to get by way of, and Google is kicking it off with its newest updates to the Android Safety Bulletin and Google Play Providers.
Let’s begin off with Play Providers, the place Google shares that its new model 24.47 launch has a number of enhancements to convey to Pockets. Along with increasing entry to further nations, utilizing Pockets on a Put on OS smartwatch will now help extra varieties of passes, together with company badges, resort room keys, and campus IDs. We additionally find out about a number of developer-focused tweaks, however this Pockets stuff is de facto the one user-facing adjustments right here price noting.
As for the brand new Safety Bulletin, Google’s highlighting fixes for a lot of bugs, however this checklist just isn’t practically as intensive as we’ve seen from some months. There’s an preliminary 2024-12-01 safety patch degree that covers what appear like the six largest vulnerabilities right here — 5 enjoying a task in escalation of privilege exploits, and one placing methods in danger for distant code execution. The 2024-12-05 patch degree, in the meantime, tackle eight software program flaws particular to Qualcomm, MediaTek, and PowerVR elements.
What we haven’t seen but, although, is the corresponding Pixel Replace Bulletin. And certainly, making a fast cross over the Pixel OTA downloads presently accessible, we’re not seeing any December downloads.
This month ought to be a giant one, as a result of along with the newest safety patches hitting Pixel telephones, we’re additionally anticipating the discharge of Google’s subsequent Pixel Drop. The corporate’s been working for some time now on its subsequent wave of Android 15 options for Pixel {hardware}, and it’s solely been a little bit over per week now since we obtained the purpose launch QPR1 Beta 3.1. Nothing’s set in stone, however we wouldn’t be stunned if proper now we’re solely only a couple days away from the brand new Drop dropping. Maintain checking with Android Authority to get all the small print on it when it does.