The security update for August is also already in Germany roll out, as Caschy's blog reports. The installation requires approximately 120 MB to be downloaded. It is therefore recommended that you download via a WLAN to protect your mobile data. As usual, it may take some time until you receive the appropriate notification. In the settings you can also start a manual search for new updates. At the beginning of February 2017, the company promised timely updates . Flotter could almost not be the rollout.
Google has not even released a patch update on August 7th, 2017, on the Android website . Thus, the Nokia 6 receives the update only hours later than the Google Pixel, the Google Pixel XL and several Nexus devices. One reason for this is that HMD Global, the manufacturer behind the Nokia smartphones, uses an almost "pure" version of Android. This means that you do not need to make any adjustments before the update can be distributed.
According to Google's survey, only 10 vulnerabilities are marked "critical", which are closed by the update. Apparently, attackers can use these gaps to run malicious code on an Android smartphone. However, it is unclear whether all these points of attack on the Nokia 6 are present. Some gaps may be dependent on the installed hardware and therefore do not occur on all devices using the Android operating system.
