Everyone with an Android phone is being urged to update their phone with the latest software after Google’s monthly security bulletin was released. This usually first comes to those Android users with Google Pixel phones.

Last month, Google released security upgrades that fixed a major vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers, leaving phone owners potentially open to nefarious attacks. Thankfully, that isn’t the case this month, but the advice is still to keep your phone running the newest possible software.

“Although the latest Android security bulletin does not list any vulnerabilities currently known to be under exploitation, we still strongly recommend that Android users update their devices immediately,” said Adam Boynton, Senior Security Strategy Manager EMEIA at security firm Jamf.

“The majority of the fixes are within the Android framework, which provides the foundation for building Android applications and is therefore an attractive target for cybercriminals. Exploiting the most severe vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated access and administrative rights.”

The language used to describe security updates is often fairly technical, just as the chances of you being targeted by cybercrime are fairly minimal. But Android is updated monthly for a reason, and anyone running older software versions is technically open to attack.

Google releases these updates for free for all other Android manufacturers to push out to their customers’ phones. It means that Samsung, OnePlus, Sony, Xiaomi, Honor and any other Android maker you can think of has the means to update your phone, it just takes them a little longer to push them out to the latest devices.

Android firms are getting better at supporting phones for longer, too. Samsung, Google and Honor all offer seven years of updates for many of their latest phones, though other companies are lagging behind. If you have quite an old Android phone, it may have stopped receiving free security updates - a reason for you to consider upgrading to a newer supported handset.

“There are four vulnerabilities located within the Android system component, caused by improper input validation,” Jamf’s Boynton said. “CVE-2025-26453, CVE-2025-26445, and CVE-2025-26441 could allow a local application to gain access to sensitive information, while exploitation of CVE-2025-26443 could allow a local application to execute arbitrary code.

“The release provides a window of opportunity to get ahead of cybercriminals; it appears that none of the vulnerabilities addressed in the June security bulletin have yet to be exploited in the wild, making this the perfect time to patch all supported devices.”

This means Google is ahead of the criminals this month, so updating your device will see you protected. However, the suggestion is that if you don’t update, you ruin the risk of leaving the door open to future hacks.

Updating your phone software regularly is simply good tech housekeeping. You should be able to set your Android phone to download these updates automatically, but head to the Settings app and check for system updates if you want to double check. If there isn’t one yet, keep checking this month to see if it crops up, otherwise it may mean your phone is no longer receiving these important free upgrades.