It just happens to be bundled with the OS. Updates come from the app store.
Otherwise you'd need to update the entire OS, just for a minor security fix to imesssgae.
Otherwise you'd need to update the entire OS, just for a minor security fix to imesssgae.
The expectation is users will download for the new emojis and in the process get all their security updates.
Before, people would delay updating forever as they would see no noticible benefits and even sometimes decreased performance.
Kinda the same reasoning auto updates are on by default and we have the concept of evergreen browsers etc.
Huh? The only AOSP images Google produces that I'm aware of are GSIs, which build directly from AOSP and therefore can't have proprietary apps. https://source.android.com/docs/core/tests/vts/gsi#building-...