Al Sutton<p>The latest <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/AOSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOSP</span></a> security patch marks the end of public Android #12 and <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/12L" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>12L</span></a> security patch support.</p><p>There are a number of <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/Automotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automotive</span></a> <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/Infotainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infotainment</span></a> systems based on <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/Android12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android12</span></a> or <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/Android12L" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android12L</span></a>, so it'll be interesting to see whether companies provide updates to <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/Android13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android13</span></a> (or, more likely, <a href="https://snapp.social/tags/Android14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android14</span></a>), or whether we see head-units left vulnerable to issues discovered in the coming months and years.</p><p><a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-04-01" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">source.android.com/docs/securi</span><span class="invisible">ty/bulletin/2025-04-01</span></a></p>