34% Of Android Devices Won't Load Millions Of Websites Next Year

SSL certification is important as it ensures users’ data in transit is safe from bad actors. As stated by Google, 95% of traffic on its network is now encrypted.

Let’s Encrypt is among the companies responsible for issuing HTTPS certifications to websites to ensure data is transferred safely. Its total number of certificates has reached 1 billion and it is serving over 192 million sites.

There are several certificate authorities so users’ browsers and apps might sometimes face compatibility problems if they don’t support a particular certificate. Users of Android version 7.1.1 and older may have to worry about that issue soon.

Let’s Encrypt was founded in 2015 and back then, it supports IdenTrust’s cross-signed certificate.

However, after the partnership is terminated on September 1, 2021, Let’s Encrypt will use its own certificates.

This poses a problem to devices running on Android 7.1.1 and earlier versions as they haven’t been updated to support the organization’s root certification.

According to data from Android Studio, over 34% of devices all over the world are powered by Android 7.1.1 and older. So after January 2021, users of these devices might notice compatibility issues with some apps and websites.

As stated by Android Police, a quick fix for this issue was to use Firefox on these older devices to open sites. In this way, users can benefit from its root certificate. However, this fix doesn’t work for apps.

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