DHAKA: Google has defended its decision to stop providing patches for versions of essential software used in versions of Android previous to 4.4 "KitKat".

However, this effectively leaves Android 4.3 and earlier susceptible to security exploits, reports computing.co.uk recently.

According to the report, the patch concern WebView, an extension of Android’s general View coding class that allows apps to display web pages as part of a layout.

Moreover, WebKit uses the rendering engine WebView to do its work, and it's with this software that the problem apparently lies.

BDST: 1755 HRS, FEB 07, 2015