A few days ago, Epic Games won an important lawsuit against Google in the US. The jury decided that Google has an illegal monopoly on Android with the Play Store and the restrictions that it asserts over the app and game developers. All states in the US also fought an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Now, […]
Read MoreIn 2020, Epic Games, the developer of the widely popular game Fortnite, filed lawsuits against Apple and Google, accusing the two companies of following anti-competitive practices with their app distribution platforms, App Store and Play Store. While the court delivered the verdict in the Epic versus Apple case in September 2021, which was largely in […]
Read MoreMeta’s Quest series of virtual reality (VR) headsets run on an operating system that’s based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). As such, these VR headsets can run applications made for Android. Currently, there are two app distribution platforms available on Quest headsets, the Quest Store and App Lab. However, the largest platform for […]
Read MoreA few days ago, it was revealed that Google shares the advertisement revenue it gets from Google Search with smartphone brands to make them release more software updates and better maintain smartphones. However, it has now been revealed that the company also pays brands, including Samsung, to make some apps as default apps on Android […]
Read MoreAndroid apps have improved a lot over the years, and Google deserves most of the credit for it. The company has maintained the Play Store for well over a decade and constantly brought new rules and regulations to improve the quality and safety of apps. Now, Google wants to improve the quality of Android apps […]
Read MorePorsche has announced that the infotainment system in the company’s upcoming vehicles will offer applications and services from Google, such as Google Maps and Google Assistant, through the Google Play Store. According to the company, the integration of the “Google ecosystem” will arrive in Porsche vehicles “in the middle of the decade.” That means you […]
Read MoreDes cybercriminels ont élaboré une opération de grande ampleur en vendant plus de 200 appareils pré-infectés par un malware. Ils ont par ailleurs lancé un vaste réseau de fraude à la publicité, générant des milliards de requêtes quotidiennes, grâce à de fausses applications sur le Play Store et l’App Store. Une affaire détaillée par les […]
Read MoreMeta vient de lancer Threads, un réseau social pour rivaliser avec Twitter. Malheureusement, le lancement en Europe a été reporté à cause de différends autour de la législation sur les marchés numériques. Toutefois, il est possible d’installer Threads sur son smartphone, et de l’utiliser sans avoir recours à un VPN. Voici la méthode. Cela vous […]
Read MoreIf you recently caught your Galaxy phone performing a Google Play Services update and are unsure what it was about, chances are you got new Play Store filters and tweaks for improved app browsing. Google has just added an “Other devices” section to its Play Store app that allows Android users to browse apps for […]
Read MoreIf you experience high battery life usage on your Galaxy phone or tablet, there might be a not-so-obvious solution to your problem. In the Google Play Store, there’s an option to send app usage data to Google about which parts of an app you use. It helps Google make apps faster to install, open, and […]
Read MoreAs per a new report, Android users should get ready to see more ads in the Google Play Store. The Play Store has now started showing limited-time events and sponsored suggestions right in the search bar. With this move, Google has added one more revenue stream to its tally. The Play Store will show ads, […]
Read MoreOn redoutait leur arrivée, elles sont désormais là : Google déploie officiellement des publicités au sein de la barre de recherche du Play Store. Dorénavant, la boutique vous proposera des applications en lien avec votre recherche, affublée d’une mention « publicité », signe qu’il s’agit bien de contenus sponsorisés et non de simples recommandations. Crédit : Unsplash Google n’en […]
Read MoreApple is releasing a new standalone Music app for classical music aficionados. Apple Music Classical will be released on the iOS App Store first, but thankfully for Samsung Galaxy device users, the standalone app will also be released on the Android platform. As the name suggests, Apple Music Classical is all about streaming classical music […]
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg’s Meta appears to have borrowed a page from Twitter’s and Elon Musk’s playbook. The company previously known as Facebook announced Meta Verified earlier today. Meta Verified is a new subscription service that allows Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users to verify their accounts and get extra benefits in exchange for a fee. With Meta […]
Read MoreOver the past year or so, Google has been releasing tablet-optimized UI for several apps. Moreover, the company has also been promoting third-party apps that have introduced a tablet-optimized UI. The latest app to be promoted by Google is TikTok, which recently introduced a landscape mode for tablets. As spotted by 9To5Google, the Play Store […]
Read MoreSamsung Internet is the only well-known web browser for Wear OS. Last week, however, it disappeared from the Play Store, leaving people with no option to install a reputed web browser on their smartwatch. Fortunately, Samsung’s web browser for Wear OS is now back on the Play Store. But why did Samsung remove it in the […]
Read MoreEarlier this month, the Spotify beta app version 8.7.92.115 for Android got support for the Android 13 media player. However, only beta users who are enrolled in the Spotify beta program on the Play Store had access to the feature, and others had to wait until the feature went public. Thankfully, Spotify is rolling out […]
Read MoreApart from crowning the best Android apps and games for 2022, Google Play has also named the best Wear OS, Chromebook, and tablet apps for 2022. Thanks to the app redesign, which brought one central list with the Add Task button at the top, sorting options, and a favorites list, Todoist won the ‘Best for […]
Read More2022 is on its way out, and we are just a month away from 2023. As a tradition, Google Play is back with its Users’ Choice Awards, where it names the best Android apps and games of 2022. The list also contains 20 “Best Of” categories, which is basically a list of the 20 best […]
Read MoreGoogle Play System updates bring a lot of improvements to all Android smartphones with Google Mobile Services. One such change that is a part of the latest November 2022 Play System update is that if an app is crashing, the phone will now prompt you to install an update to fix them. This change is […]
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