Rolling out now to Nexus 6/6P, Nexus 5X, Pixel, and Pixel XL

Jul 5, 2017 22:13 GMT  ·  By

Google announced the availability of July's security patch for users of the Android mobile operating system, which is now rolling out to several supported Nexus and Pixel devices.

Every month, Google releases a new major patch for its Linux-based Android OS for the mobile devices that the search giant supports at a given moment in time. As expected, the Android Security Bulletin of July 2017 contains a number of security vulnerabilities that are currently affecting Android devices.

The most critical of the issues that were patched in this latest update is a dangerous security vulnerability discovered in the media framework of the Android operating system, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code related to a privileged process by using a specially crafted file.

"The severity assessment is based on the effect that exploiting the vulnerability would possibly have on an affected device, assuming the platform and service mitigations are turned off for development purposes or if successfully bypassed," reads the Android Security Bulletin of July 2017.

Here are the devices that are receiving July's Android security update

The first devices that are getting July's Android security update are the Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, the Google Pixel C tablet, Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P smartphones, as well as Nexus 5X, both the LTE and Wi-Fi variants of the Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player.

With the exception of the two Nexus 9 models and Nexus 6, which are powered by Android 7.1.1, all other devices should be running Android 7.1.2, and users are urged to update them as soon as possible after reading this article. You can update your device using the OTA (Over-the-Air) system update.

We recommend all users to update their devices as soon as possible if they want to have a safe, secure and bug-free Android experience. July's Android security update should also come to other Android smartphones and tablets in the coming weeks or months, but that usually depends on the manufacturer.

UPDATE: We're getting reports that some users might experience installation issues on some carrier variants of the Pixel (not the Pixel XL), though for the time being these seem to be just isolated bugs. T-Mobile, Project Fi, and Rogers devices, which are getting update NKG47M, are the ones hitting bugs. Google is already working on addressing the problems, and we'll let you know when a fix is released.