Google is rolling out version 8.0 of the Play Store application and while there isn't a full list of changes available, someone on Reddit did notice that they're seeing an application's change log in the app updates tab.
There are a few sales taking place in the Play Store which either offer discounted or free applications. The list includes Root Checker Pro, Network Analyzer Pro, and Goat Simulator, as well as a slew of icon packs and other options.
Some security researchers have discovered at least 47 applications in the Play Store that come with the MarsDae library. This 3rd-party library is what continuously shows pop-up ads even after the user has closed it.
Google is rolling out the Google Play Store to a number of Chromebooks from popular OEMs such as Acer, Dell, ASUS and more. The new additions require that you opt into the beta channel and include the following. . .
Acer Chromebook 11 N7 (C731, C731T)
Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-532)...
A user on Reddit says they used to use a widget for the Play Store that would show you a grid of recent media. However, when this person picked their phone up earlier today they said the widget is no longer there and it cannot be added again.
Before, if you tried to go to a page in the Play Store when you didn't have a connection to the internet the page was relatively blank with a simple retry button. However, someone on Reddit noticed that this page has changed and is more stylized than before.
Google has clarified its stance on incentivized ratings, reviews, and installs for the Google Play store to remind developers that these techniques could end up in the app being removed from the Play Store.
Android Police has done a quick round up of the apps that are temporarily discounted of free this week, including icon packs, apps, utilities, and games.
Google has mentioned that, as of Google Play Services version 11, you will see some fixes for inconsistent behavior in Trusted Places. Those issues caused devices to remain locked even when you're in a trusted place, and vice versa.
Google Play has gotten 2 new notification options ot help you discover new content. You can now get notified for pre-registration games that you may like, as well as periodic offers and promotions that Google Play or other developers may run.
To make sure people are behaving when using various Google services, the company has a number of policies that they must abide by. So Google has just updated their malicious behavior, ratings, reviews and installs, and instant apps policies.
Along with some YouTube stats that Google talked about today at Google I/O, we also learned a bit about the Play Store too. It has been revealed that over 82 billion applications were installed in 2016, which is up from 65 billion the year before.
Google announced a new Play Store feature today called Google Play Protect. The new feature will scan all of your installed applications and tell you when it has discovered a new threat.
Google's latest round of testing seems to have broken Google Now and Google Play for many. The apps are failing to show relevant content, though Google Play still at least lets you search for apps to download and update.
A new study conducted has confirmed that most apps that help people transfer files from Android to PC via WiFi leave some ports open or poorly secured, which can expose the device to attacks. The most vulnerable app is called Wifi File Transfer and it has over 10 million downloads in the Google...
Google has introduced a redesign for the Google Play Developer Console. The new site features Material Design, though should offer up the same suite of features developers are used to.
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