We know that forensic exploitation has become the bugbear of smartphone security across both ecosystems. You’ll recall Android’s multiple zero-days last year and the furor when Apple’s iPhones were found to be hiding a new defense mechanism against such extraction tools, “ mysteriously rebooting ” when pulled out of storage lockers.

Google has launched the very first Android 16 beta towards the end of January. The company has now started pushing out Android 16 Beta 2 for Pixel phones, around 3 weeks after the initial release was issued.