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Bad things can happen if the parts inside your phone arent being patched — even if you have the latest version of Android.

Google Play Store will soon hide outdated apps. Here's why their presence will be limited in the application platform.

After an initial rollout to older Pixel handsets, Google’s is now pushing the March update to the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. This update promises to improve fingerprint reader accuracy and resolve all the bugs that were introduced with the February update. That said, I suggest waiting a few days to install it.

Microsoft is pushing out a 273MB update for Surface Duo 2 with a nice changelog. The update improves the user experience around performance, animations, touch, and camera autofocus.

Google reveals significant step to restrict cross-app tracking on Android. From PR Week

Google announced a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing new, more private advertising solutions. Specifically, these solutions will limit sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers, including advertising ID

Google on Feb. 16 announced the start of a multi-year process to limit the ability for advertisers to track ...

The solutions will limit sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers, including advertising ID.

Google announced that Android will get a plethora of privacy features as part of the Privacy Sandbox initiative. The deployment, however, could take multiple years. The feature is available in Chrome.

Google is taking a page from Apple, laying the groundwork for privacy sandboxing in its Android operating system (OS).