Google is investigating the likelihood of requiring devices producers to consistently fix their devices, by joining such an arrangement into future OEM understandings, Google head of Android security David Kleidermacher reported in an introduction at the Google I/O Developer Conference a week ago.

"We have an entirely relentless reputation throughout recent years, each and every month conveying… patches to the market," said Kleidermacher at the event. "We need to ensure that all Android OEMs are conveying patches routinely to their gadgets too, not only Google's devices.

Kleidermacher said that building security patches into OEM agreements “will really lead to a massive increase in the number of devices and users who are receiving regular security patches.”

“Since Google has not shed more light on the terms of the agreements, there's no telling at this point if they will apply only to new and/or flagship devices or whether older devices will also stand to benefit from the new policy,” commented Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET, in a blog post covering Google's announcement.