Google's new update can affect crores of people running Android phones around the world. If your phone is also working on Android 12 or even an older operating system, then today's news is especially for you. Due to Google's new update, you people will have to either update the phone, or if you have not received an update from the company, then understand that now is the time to replace your old phone.

Google is changing the way Android apps work, and this can pose a risk of app failure or even a security breach for millions of users. A security breach means that anyone can bypass the security of your device and gain unauthorized access (control) of the phone.

This will be the benefit of the Google update.
The company is now shifting towards Google Play Integrity API, which is a special tool. With the help of this tool, developers will be able to detect bots and fraud, etc. Google claims that apps that use this new system will get rid of unauthorized usage. This new technology has its advantages, but due to the lack of support for older versions, many questions have started to arise on the security of people working on versions older than Android 13. But this new step of the company has also been taken keeping in mind the security of the people.

According to media reports, Play Integrity API has been made mandatory as of May. Now developers will be able to see how their apps perform on different versions. The advantage of the new update is that the API will provide a fast, reliable, and more private app experience. But apps may stop working in Android phones running on Android 12 and older versions or there may be a problem running the apps.

20 crore users will be affected

Even now about 20 crore people are working on Android 12/12L. Not only this, Google has also stopped giving security patches to these versions, due to which your phone has now come into the unsafe zone. The direct meaning of the phone being unsafe is that the risk of cyber attack has increased. This means that now if you want to keep yourself secure, then you need to change your phone immediately.

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