Google outs new carrier-specific January security patches for the Pixel 2, Nexus 6P and 5X

As always, at the beginning of this month Google rolled out the January security updates for the Nexus and Pixel devices it still supports. Today, however, the company has published three new images for specific carrier versions of certain handsets. It's an unprecedented move, this, and we're not sure what prompted it - perhaps some carrier-related functions haven't been working after applying the original January updates, or maybe there were certain other nasty bugs hiding in there. Anyway, if you have a Pixel 2 on Verizon, a Nexus 6P on SoftBank, or a Nexus 5X on SoftBank or Telstra, you...