Ever since KitKat, Android has verified your device's boot process to make sure that rootkits and other forms of malware don't operate undetected. However, it hasn't done much more than alert you ...

Until Marshmallow, Android devices ran the check as part of the boot process and in Marshmallow, the phone would warn you that your phone was compromised but would continue to let the phone boot up.

A new security measure in Android 7.0 Nougat will prevent devices infected with malware from booting up. However, smartphones with non-malicious corruption will also be affected.

Some Pixel 6 users running Android 13 are stuck between a rock and a hard place with Google's anti-rollback protection.

Verified boot has been a part of Android since version 4.4 KitKat, but Nougat will begin strictly enforcing it in order to keep malware and rootkits at bay.

Google‘s latest Android version yesterday made a surprise entry yesterday when updates were pushed to Google Pixel, Pixel 2 and the Essential Phone. Android 9.0 Pie, as it is called, harnesses ...