Android 15’s new cellular security features are missing on Pixel phones: He

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• Android’s new mobile network security features aren’t available in the stable Android 15 update that recently rolled out for Pixel phones.
• The settings page for these features was added in Android 15 Beta 1, but it was removed in the final beta.
• Google hid the settings page for mobile network security because “hardware support isn’t available for it yet” on current Pixel phones.

Google finally rolled out the stable Android 15 update to Pixel devices today, delivering many new features like Private Space, app archiving, predictive back animations, and more. However, the stable update doesn’t include some of the features we spotted during the Android 15 beta program, such as the entry point for the Device Diagnostics app in Settings, as well as the new cellular security features that Google announced at I/O. Here’s why the Android 15 update doesn’t feature these new cellular security capabilities.

For a bit of context, the first beta of Android 15 introduced a new settings page called “cellular network security” under Settings > Security & privacy > More security & privacy. This page was later renamed to “mobile network security” in a later beta, which also added a description that stated “these settings help protect your calls, messages, and data from outdated or unencrypted networks that could expose you to data theft or surveillance.”




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