What's new on Android and Google Play
| | | New Google Play Console features to optimize publishing | The new Publishing overview page helps you better understand your publishing process while Managed publishing gives you more control over when your app or game updates go live. | | | | | | Approval needed for background access to location | If your app uses location in the background, you can now complete the permissions declaration from the App content page (Policy > App content) in Google Play Console. | Watch this video or complete these Play Academy courses to learn more. | | | | | Clarifying Google Play billing policy | We clarified the language in our Payments Policy to be more explicit that all developers selling digital goods in their apps are required to use Google Play's billing system. | Understand Google Play's payments policy in the Play Academy. | | | | Upcoming Google Play and Android deadlines | | | November 1, 2020: all apps that use in-app subscriptions must support account hold and restore. | | | November 1, 2020: all subscriptions will be automatically opted into pause and resubscribe unless these features are turned off in Google Play Console. | | | | November 2, 2020: all app updates must target at least Android 10 (API level 29). | | | | | | Podcast: more Apps, Games, & Insights | Series 2 is coming on October 26, bringing you more insights, stories, and learnings from industry experts on some of today's hottest topics surrounding mobile apps, games and tech. Stay tuned and catch up on all the previous episodes here. | | | | | What's new on Android | | Android Studio 4.1 is now ready for you to use in production. Read more about what's new in this release, and upgrade to take advantage of the newest features. | | | | | | | | Play Academy: What's new with policy status and app content | The all-new Play Console section makes it easier to release policy-compliant apps and games. We know policy-compliance can be a source of worry, so we designed these new courses to help guide you through the process. And stay tuned, there are more courses to come. | | | | | | Did you find this newsletter useful? | | | | | | | |