To prevent malware from spreading to your mobile system, Google added android 12 as the default version for new apps on play store, limiting the addition of new malware to older versions of the system. However, this security restriction is only available for new apps from the store. But how Android 14 the developer wants to solve this problem and prevent the installation of this outdated software even when downloading unpublished applications.

Old apps won’t install on Android 14

Currently, some developers may encourage the user to install non-store apps on older systems. exposing these devices to various security issues. Recently, all apps listed on the official system store had to be updated for new security features. But with the new version of the system, it will be more difficult to install this type of application.

As indicated 9to5GoogleWith android 14 Google will add more stringent requirements for applications to be installed on the system. One of the security innovations will be blocking the installation of APKs considered outdatedeven if they are registered in external repositories such as Galaxy Store and Amazon App Store.

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Initially, this limitation will only apply to the broad definition of “old versions of Android”, but over time, this limitation will expand from Android 6.0 (marshmallow). According to the portal, the system developer will have a mechanism that will gradually increase the “age” limit of applications that can be installed on the system.

Even though this is a system resource, smartphone manufacturers should have control over this functionality, being able to enable or disable this limitation.

Older Versions android have security holes that have been fixed in later versions of the system. Taking advantage of this, several malicious programs are created for these versions of the system. Now Google aims to put an end to this and reduce the spread of malicious files to android.

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