Android Oreo Bug Eats Up Mobile Data Even When On Wi-Fi (betanews.com)

Mark Wilson shares a report from BetaNews: An apparent bug with Android Oreo has been discovered which means Google's mobile operating system could be munching its way through your data allowance, even if you're connected to a wireless network. A thread on Reddit highlighted the issue, with many people pointing out that it could prove expensive for anyone not using an unlimited data plan. Google is apparently aware of the problem and is working on a patch, but in the meantime Oreo users are being warned to consider disabling mobile data when they are at home or using a wireless connection elsewhere.

Comments

Will anybody actually get that patch?

[paulatz]

With the current record of manufacturers and carriers not giving a damn about porting the Android updates to their products, I'm happy that google is developing a patch, but I'm wondering if anybody will actually receive the patch.

Re:Will anybody actually get that patch?

[geekmux]

It was RTMd about a week ago ... do keep up.

The 2017 definition of RTM - "A larger pool of beta testers."

Do keep up.

Possible workaround missing from the summary,natch

[shabble]

some have suggested that the Mobile Data Always Active option is to blame. You can access this setting by enabling Developer Options and flicking the toggle to the disabled position. In previous versions of Android, the Mobile Data Always Active option was disabled by default, but is enabled now in Oreo.

Re:How much data?

[johannesg]

The article and the Reddit thread both talk about a "huge spike" in data usage without including any hard figures. What are we talking about here? 100 MB per day? A gigabyte?

It's roughly two football fields worth of data, I believe.