Android 12 and 12L have acquired their final official Google safety replace

What it’s essential know

• Google’s final official safety patch for Android 12 and Android 12L was the March 2025 replace.
• As of March 31, 2025, Google is now not supporting the Android 12 and 12L working programs.
• OEMs can nonetheless select to manually backport safety releases to their units; alternatively, customers can swap to a customized ROM.

Android 12 and Android 12L have formally reached end-of-life standing, and will not obtain any extra updates or safety patches from Google. The final official safety replace for Android 12 and 12L was the March 2025 launch, as units working these working programs didn’t obtain the newest April 2025 safety patch. Now, the corporate has confirmed that this is not a fluke, formally ending assist for Android 12 and 12L as of March 31, 2025 (through Android Authority).

Google helps Android working programs for a few years after they’ve been changed. Usually, there’s a giant share of units nonetheless working older working programs, generally as a result of they cannot be upgraded. On this occasion, Statcounter estimates that over 12% of Android units worldwide are nonetheless working both Android 12 or 12L.

These units have been receiving the most recent patches from the Android Safety Bulletin by means of safety patch backports for years, however that assist window has now come to an finish. That is typical for Google assist, because it maintained present safety patches for greater than three years after Android 12 and 12L formally rolled out.

Regardless, assist for Android 12 and 12L ending signifies that older Android telephones will virtually definitely be caught on older safety patches, with out the most recent fixes. The checklist of telephones now not supported now contains the Samsung Galaxy S10 sequence, the Google Pixel 3a sequence, and the OnePlus 7 sequence.