AOSP changelogs posted for August security patches, developer preview 5, Wear preview 2, and a mystery Lollipop update for the Nexus 10
The odds are pretty good that if you're using a still-supported Nexus device, it's probably running August's security update by now. The factory images became available on Monday of last week and OTAs have been intermittently rolling out since then. The push to AOSP took a little longer and finally included a couple of other tags that were behind schedule. All of the changes have been compiled into their respective lists and the changelogs are ready for perusal.
Google's Android Security Bulletin details the potential vulnerabilities addressed by the August updates, but it's not too rare to see other small bug fixes and adjustments hidden among the changes.
There are a couple of unexpected additions to the list of changelogs this month. The most curious one is actually for Lollipop, and even stranger is that it's intended for the Nexus 10. Near the end of July, build number LMY49M appeared with the tag android-5.1.1_r38. The build number doesn't currently appear on the Nexus Factory Images page or any related distributions (i.e. OTAs and proprietary binaries), but it is in the official list of build numbers for all Nexus devices, where the Nexus 10 is specifically identified as the recipient for that version. Given that the 'J' build released in April was the last to officially support the Nexus 10, it's interesting to see a later build show up now, and it may be of some value to ROM builders if newer binaries are also available. Still, it's only a Lollipop update, so it's not likely to make much of a difference since there are already third-party Marshmallow builds available for the Nexus 10.
For those building software to integrate with Android for Work, there's a "test harness" project that may be useful or interesting. The tag is named afw-test-harness-1.5 and it's based on android-6.0.0_r6
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