Google “ automatically updates ” Android phones with critical system fixes installed in the background, absent all the rigmarole associated with the headline monthly schedule. But Samsung users are ...

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.

After years of including Galaxy AI language that left the door open to paywalls and subscriptions, Samsung finally closed it.

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 ...