Android is the most popular smartphone operating system out there, dominating the smartphone market worldwide. However, one of the major complaints about the OS is the slower rollout of updates.
To address those issues, Google had introduced Project Mainline and with the upcoming Android 12, Google is working on giving a big boost to the OS upgrades. It is being reported that the company is turning Android Runtime (ART) into a Mainline module, which could allow pushing updates to key system components through the Play Store.
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Android Runtime translates an Android app’s bytecode into native machine instructions. With the said change, if Google wanted to change how the OS translated code, it could just send the tweaks through Play Store instead of waiting for a newer version of Android update, thus helping users get functionality improvement or a security fix much quicker.
While this new change won’t fix most of the issues with the Android update rollout, it could make a big difference when it comes to addressing zero-day exploits with fixes much faster than the conventionally scheduled security patches.
Earlier, Google had outlined that it is making changes in the developer policies which will make it easier to use third-party app stores on Android 12. So far, details about how the company plans to achieve this haven’t been revealed.
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