by dbadmin | Mar 5, 2026 | Android, Google, Google Play Store, News
TL;DR Google has introduced visible warning boxes on Play Store listings for Android apps that drain excessive battery. These apps abuse Android’s partial wake lock mechanism to keep the CPU running in the background when not explicitly necessary. Google warned users...
by dbadmin | Mar 4, 2026 | Android, Android 17, Google Play Store, News
TL;DR Google has detailed changes coming out of its settlement with Epic. Android’s app fee structure is changing, and Google is introducing a new Registered App Store program. The settlement hasn’t been approved by a court yet. Google’s been tied up in a lawsuit...
by dbadmin | Feb 26, 2026 | Google, Google Play Store, News
TL;DR Google Play users can earn Play Points in a number of ways, including through their active subscriptions. While you’ve so far been able to see where individual additions to your Play Points have come from, there hasn’t been a place for all subscriptions. Now the...
by dbadmin | Feb 12, 2026 | Google, Google Play Store, News
TL;DR Last year, Google announced Ask Play for the Play Store, a Gemini-powered tool to answer your questions about apps. In December, Google shared that a new, “improved chat interface” was coming to Ask Play. We’re now getting our first look at those changes,...
by dbadmin | Jan 31, 2026 | Features, Google, Google Play Store
It never fails to amaze me how bad Google is and continues to be at search. For a company that made its bones in this category, its apps lack the ability to adequately help me find what I’m looking for, and I can’t think of a worse example than the Google Play Store....
by dbadmin | Jan 28, 2026 | AI, App Store, Apple, Google, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A new report found dozens of AI “nudify” and face-swap apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Despite policies against sexual nudity, these apps were distributed through the app stores. Many of the apps...
