by dbadmin | Nov 6, 2024 | Google, Google Play, News
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A federal judge ruled that Google isn’t obligated to refund victims of Google Play gift card scams. The ruling found that Google didn’t directly encourage scams and thus isn’t liable for victims’ losses. The plaintiff argued...
by dbadmin | Nov 5, 2024 | Authority Insights, Google Play, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is testing a new feature that could let Play Store users pause Play Protect instead of disabling it. Many users disable Play Protect while sideloading apps but forget to enable it again, which could result in the...
by dbadmin | Oct 23, 2024 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Play, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Google is introducing a new security measure in Android that makes the option to disable Play Protect unavailable during voice calls. The company is initially releasing it in Singapore, but we’ve managed to enable it to give you...
by dbadmin | Oct 18, 2024 | Android, Google, Google Play, News
Google Play is reaching out to many developers to tell them they need to adopt the privacy-preserving Android Photo Picker. Specifically, Google is contacting developers of Android apps that request broad access to photos and videos. Google is giving developers until...
by dbadmin | Oct 7, 2024 | Epic Games, Google, Google Play, News
Epic has just received a big win in its fight against Google’s Play Store policies. Google can’t stop third party app stores, and is now being forced to play nicely with them. An injunction goes into effect on November 1 that would force Google to changes its policies...
by dbadmin | Sep 10, 2024 | Android Security, Google Play, News
The Google Play Integrity API lets apps check whether your account is “unlicensed,” meaning you didn’t install or buy the app from Google Play. More importantly, the app can then show a remediation dialog that tells you they have to download the app from Google Play...
