A Canadian system administrator discovered that an Android TV box purchased from Amazon was pre-loaded with persistent, sophisticated malware baked into its firmware.

Android smartphones from Asus, LG, Essential, and ZTE are the focus of a new analysis about risks from firmware bugs introduced by manufacturers and carriers.

The Nvidia Shield set-top box keeps on trucking with its latest Shield Software Experience Upgrade 9.0, which adds Android 11 to the nearly seven-year-old hardware.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, slated for launch early next year will come with Android 12 One UI 4.0 out of the box.