The biggest risks in putting off iPhone and Android software updates
to begin with and can become even worse when the personal phone security lapse is used to gain access to an employer's network.
However, as Apple and Samsung have shifted toward releasing smaller software updates and patches more frequently, it minimizes the impact on devices and improves testing. Back in 2019, Google's Project Mainline was introduced in Android 10 and implemented this process of mobile updating without requiring user involvement or a system reboot. While this system can't do an entire software update in the background through Google Play, it can install critical operating system patches without having to wait on the user or phone maker.
"Because of the social media availability, you will know if there are big problems being caused that were unexpected or not predicted with a particular update. So, you could wait a little bit or decide not to be first, especially [for] a large update. But I don't think the timeline is that long anymore. Due to things like Reddit forums and Twitter and other places where you have easy access to immediate feedback," Moriarty said.
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