Android Security Update: How to Stop Apps From Tracking Your Private Data
The new Android 12 security update will allow users to control how apps track their private data. But what can you do now to keep your private data, well private?
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Android operating system updates work a little differently compared to Apple s iOS updates.
According to HowToGeek, there are three types of updates: the big annual firmware updates, those are when the OS is bumped up a number (for example, from 11 to 12); next, there are the smaller monthly security updates; and finally Google Play System Updates, which HowToGeek said is another type of security update.