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GmsCompatConfig is the text-based configuration for the GrapheneOS sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer. It provides a large portion of the compatibility shims and sets the maximum supported versions for Play services and the Play Store.
GmsCompatConfig version 145 released:
GmsCompatConfig version 145 released:
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsCompat/releases/tag/config-145
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16714-gmscompatconfig-version-145-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #gmscompat
GmsCompatConfig is the text-based configuration for the GrapheneOS sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer. It provides a large portion of the compatibility shims and sets the maximum supported versions for Play services and the Play Store.
Vanadium version 130.0.6723.73.0 released:
Vanadium version 130.0.6723.73.0 released:
<https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/releases/tag/130.0.6723.73.0>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16680-vanadium-version-13006723730-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #browser
GmsCompatConfig version 144 released:
GmsCompatConfig version 144 released:
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsCompat/releases/tag/config-144
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16650-gmscompatconfig-version-144-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #gmscompat
GmsCompatConfig is the text-based configuration for the GrapheneOS sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer. It provides a large portion of the compatibility shims and sets the maximum supported versions for Play services and the Play Store.
GmsCompatConfig version 143 released:
GmsCompatConfig version 143 released:
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsCompat/releases/tag/config-143
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16649-gmscompatconfig-version-143-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #gmscompat
GrapheneOS version 2024102100 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024102100 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024102100>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16637-grapheneos-version-2024102100-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GrapheneOS version 2024102000 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024102000 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024102000>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16618-grapheneos-version-2024102000-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GrapheneOS version 2024101801 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024101801 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024101801>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16564-grapheneos-version-2024101801-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GrapheneOS version 2024101800 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024101800 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024101800>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16558-grapheneos-version-2024101800-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GrapheneOS version 2024101701 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024101701 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024101701>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16537-grapheneos-version-2024101701-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
@[email protected] It would still be end-of-life from lack of development or releases for the firmware and drivers even if it was fully open source. It wouldn't be possible for us to take over development of everything and we don't receive the security issue reports for it. Additionally, building firmware updates requires the signing keys for that and we don't have those so having the sources doesn't allow us to build firmware updates in general. The signing is important for security for a lot of firmware.
@[email protected] It has nothing to do with Pixels specifically and applies to all other hardware whether or not it runs Android. There are no devices where we wouldn't need ongoing support for firmware updates and development of the drivers and other device support code.
GrapheneOS version 2024101700 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024101700 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024101700>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16519-grapheneos-version-2024101700-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
This release is now available in Alpha:
https://grapheneos.org/releases#devices
It won't go past Alpha because we want to fix a few of the minor reported issues before it reaches Beta and then Stable. We should have another release much later today.
@[email protected] Pixel 5 has been end-of-life since December 2023 after the last update in November 2023. It hasn't received driver and firmware updates since then. We provided what we could with very limited resources available for insecure devices via the Pixel 5a still being supported, but the Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 had significant regressions with each quarterly release we had to work around. A15 would cause enormous problems and we don't need to port it to 15 to keep it working for another year.
@[email protected] It won't be ported to Android 15 because it would require a lot of our resources while creating a lot of regressions for Pixel 5 users. It would take a long time for it to become stable with Android 15 since it has no official support for it and would need a bunch of hacks to make it work. We'd need to switch to using a prebuilt vendor.img built from Android 14 QPR3 and combine that with Android 15. It'd theoretically work but in practice lots of bugs and lots of work.
GrapheneOS version 2024101600 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024101600 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024101600>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16491-grapheneos-version-2024101600-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
Vanadium version 130.0.6723.58.0 released:
Vanadium version 130.0.6723.58.0 released:
<https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/releases/tag/130.0.6723.58.0>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16478-vanadium-version-13006723580-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #browser
GmsCompatConfig is the text-based configuration for the GrapheneOS sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer. It provides a large portion of the compatibility shims and sets the maximum supported versions for Play services and the Play Store.
GmsCompatConfig version 141 released:
GmsCompatConfig version 141 released:
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsCompat/releases/tag/config-141
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16463-gmscompatconfig-version-141-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #gmscompat
hardened_malloc version 13 released:
hardened_malloc version 13 released:
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/releases/tag/13
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16445-hardened-malloc-version-13-released>
This is a standalone release for use outside of GrapheneOS. GrapheneOS ships these changes shortly after they're implemented as part of our OS releases rather than waiting for these releases.
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GrapheneOS version 2024101200 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024101200 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024101200>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16409-grapheneos-version-2024101200-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
@[email protected] Resolves an issue causing reporting old crashes after reboot which were already reported. It was an upstream Android bug causing it.
Vanadium version 129.0.6668.100.0 released:
Vanadium version 129.0.6668.100.0 released:
<https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/releases/tag/129.0.6668.100.0>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16335-vanadium-version-129066681000-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #browser
GrapheneOS version 2024100800 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024100800 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024100800>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16321-grapheneos-version-2024100800-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GmsCompatConfig is the text-based configuration for the GrapheneOS sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer. It provides a large portion of the compatibility shims and sets the maximum supported versions for Play services and the Play Store.
GmsCompatConfig version 140 released:
GmsCompatConfig version 140 released:
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsCompat/releases/tag/config-140
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16257-gmscompatconfig-version-140-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #gmscompat
Forum discussion thread:
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16257-gmscompatconfig-version-140-released
Vanadium version 129.0.6668.81.0 released:
Vanadium version 129.0.6668.81.0 released:
<https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/releases/tag/129.0.6668.81.0>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16164-vanadium-version-12906668810-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #browser
GrapheneOS version 2024092900 released:
GrapheneOS version 2024092900 released:
<https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024092900>
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
<https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16118-grapheneos-version-2024092900-released>
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GmsCompatConfig is the text-based configuration for the GrapheneOS sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer. It provides a large portion of the compatibility shims and sets the maximum supported versions for Play services and the Play Store.
Android Open Source Project provides backports of most but not all High/Critical severity patches to the initial yearly releases of Android 12, 13 and 14 for devices which have not updated to the latest release (currently Android 14 QPR3). The combination of these backports with baseline firmware/driver patches form the Android Security Bulletins referred to by the security patch level. This is not the full set of security patches, just absolute bare minimum.
Firmware and driver patches are not any less important than generic OS patches. A high portion of critical severity patches are for drivers.
Android Open Source Project has a new release every month. These are monthly, quarterly and yearly releases. Yearly releases move forward around 3 months on the development branch. Since Android 14 QPR2, quarterly releases also do the same and just leave most new feature flags disabled. These are required for full patches.
OEM support for the device is needed because an alternate OS cannot provide firmware updates otherwise. In practice, driver updates also come from the OEM. Providing the Android Open Source Project backports is nowhere close to full security patches. It's unfortunate that most alternate operating systems mislead users about this by setting an inaccurate Android security patch level field, not being honest about what's missing and downplaying the importance of it.