Most of the billion-plus Android devices globally run outdated versions of the operating system, exposing security holes and holding back Google’s newest mobile innovations. A key goal of this year’s update to the Google mobile operating system is to persuade more iPhone users to switch to Android devices by improving the look of the software, the people said. Indeed, when the iPhone X came out in November, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, the largest Android phone maker, mocked the feature in a commercial. Still, building notch capabilities into Android suggests Google expects the iPhone X look to catch on more broadly. The operating system refresh, Android P, will emphasize Google’s Assistant, a digital helper that competes with Apple’s Siri and Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa.

Source: Mint February 12, 2018 18:22 UTC