In addition to its AI-powered Play Store updates, Google also introduced today several new security and privacy features for both app developers and Play Store users at its I/O developer conference.

Google has changed the information requirements for people with Play Store developer accounts, in an effort to validate whether developers are real. While it currently only asks for email address and ...

To improve developer security on the Play Store, Google is requiring those that develop for Android to abide by 2-Step Verification and new identity requirements later this year. The first requirement ...

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Google's Android Market is now Google Play, and developers with products in the Store may have a new problem on their hands. The Android Market had long been seen and revered as a free market for ...

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Android developers are set to get a slew of new goodies from Google Play when it comes to app analytics and pre-launch tools. The update to Play services largely focuses on giving them insight into ...

Google this week announced its was cutting the commissions it charges Android app developers who publish on its Google Play marketplace, following a similar move by Apple last year aimed at fending ...

This feature has been a long time coming. Every app developer that I’ve ever talked to, whether they are on Apple’s App Store or in Google Play, loathe the fact that they can’t reply to user reviews, ...

Google wants to fight "spammy notifications" and ensure that developers don't use names or icons that are too similar to existing system apps. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist ...

One of the perks of buying apps on Google Play is easy access to quick refunds. If you download a paid app and quickly decide you don’t like it, you’ve got 2 hours to immediately refund the purchase.

Google announced the Google Play Pass today, a new subscription service for Android users. But an FAQ explainer on how royalties for developers work has some industry professionals worried about game ...