Topic: play store
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Google Play Store Forced to Make Major Changes This Month
The Google Play Store is undergoing significant changes due to legal rulings, including a requirement to implement adjustments by October 22 after the US Supreme Court declined to delay antitrust remedies. A key change prohibits Google from forcing developers to use its Google Play Billing system...
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Android's Sept 2025 Updates: What’s New & Improved
The September 2025 Google System updates enhance connectivity, security, and convenience across Android, Wear OS, and Google TV, with features like default Phone Theft Protection in Brazil and improved document scanning. Google Play services versions 25.35 and 25.34 introduce automatic phone numb...
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Google Mandates Identity Verification for All Android Developers
Google will require all Android developers to verify their identity, regardless of where they distribute apps, to enhance security and reduce fraud. This policy aims to combat malware, as sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malicious software compared to those from the Pla...
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Samsung Should Shut Down the Galaxy Store
The Galaxy Store has declined from a hub for exclusive content to a source of frustration, plagued by intrusive ads that reappear daily and cannot be permanently dismissed. Its core functionality is unreliable, with faulty automatic updates and redundant notifications for apps from the Google Pla...
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Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome, Rejects Breakup Order
Google successfully defended against a breakup of Chrome and Android, with the court rejecting the Department of Justice's most aggressive antitrust remedies. Instead of forced divestitures, the ruling imposes behavioral changes, including new limits on exclusive app pre-installation requirements...
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