India wants to screen phones for bloatware and OS updates

[Navjot Singh]

Under the new rules, smartphone makers will have to provide an uninstall option and new models will be checked for compliance by a lab authorized by the Bureau of Indian Standards agency, two people with knowledge of the plan said.

The government is also considering mandating screening of every major operating system update before it is rolled out to consumers, one of the people said.

The closed-door meeting was attended by representatives from Xiaomi, Samsung, Apple and Vivo, the meeting record shows.

The government has decided to give smartphone makers a year to comply once the rule comes into effect, the date for which has not been fixed yet, the document added.

Govt's new security testing plan targets pre-installed phone apps

Smartphone players often sell their devices with proprietary apps, but also sometimes pre-install others with which they have monetisation agreements

www.business-standard.com

Goodluck getting Android 14 or any iOS update. Every OS update is going to take a year. Every new phone will take at least 2 years to launch in India. Jai HO.

 

[minuteman]

Source?

 

[Sushubh]

India plans new security testing for smartphones, crackdown on pre-installed apps

The government is planning to force smartphone makers to allow removal of pre-installed apps and mandate screening of major operating system updates under proposed new security rules. This could extend launch timelines in the world's No.2 smartphone market and lead to losses in business from...

m.economictimes.com

 

[Lolita_Magnum]

Pfft.... Waiting on Jio Swachh Bharat OS.

 

[brambedkar59]

With cleaning apps preinstalled to clean the bloatware.

 

[Lolita_Magnum]

With active sanskari anti-virus mode that destroys all VPN and the ability to watch porn.
Any locally stored porn will be heavily blurred and nearby cops will be alerted.
Making use of any other sim other than Jio will degrade phone performance by 69%.