Google starts shaming apps that drain your battery
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google has introduced visible warning boxes on Play Store listings for…
Play Store subscriptions start showing your Play Points
Taylor Kerns / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play users can earn Play Points in a number of ways,…
Google’s ‘Ask Play’ upgrades start hitting Play Store users
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Last year, Google announced Ask Play for the Play Store, a Gemini-powered…
Apple and Google reportedly still offer dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps
A recent investigation by an online advocacy organization called the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) found that the Apple…
Your Play Store downloads are about to get a little more expressive
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Some new Material 3 Expressive animations in the Google Play Store are…
7 most annoying Google Play Store issues ruining the experience
At the end of 2025, Google announced several changes aimed at improving how users find and install apps…
Google Play preps upcoming “install without verifying” support
TL;DR Last year, Google announced that developers would have to register even when users are only sideloading their…
Google could soon let you play paid Android games for free
Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Store is working on a “Try before you buy” feature…
Google Play Store users are now getting settlement emails
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play users in the US are now receiving official settlement emails…
You’re factory resetting your Android phone wrong
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority For the past 15 years, I’ve switched Android phones more than 50…
Google’s making an annoying change to how you uninstall system app updates
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google has removed the ability to uninstall updates for system apps via…
Your Google Play Points might be hiding a secret $200 Pixel 10 Pro discount
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Some US Gold-tier Google Play Points users are getting a $200…