google play store

Last updated: March 20th, 2024 at 11:49 UTC+01:00 Last month, @AssembleDebug revealed that Google is working on showing an AI-generated summary of an app’s description in the Google Play Store to give you a quick overview of an app. Well, the company has now started rolling out the feature to the public. As spotted by Android Police, the changelog for Google System’s March 2024 update says that the Google Play Store will now show you highlights of apps and games. The new feature appears as a rectangular box below the…

Image Source : FILE Google Google recently announced its decision to remove some Indian apps from its Play Store. The recent announcement from the company was related to a dispute over service fee payments. However, the company on Tuesday announced that it will temporarily restore all delisted apps from developers with pending appeals in the Supreme Court. This decision…

March 7 marks the day that six major tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft — must provide compliance reports for the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, which has been in effect since May 2023. Here is how these so-called “gatekeeper” companies have complied so far and who else the DMA may apply to. The big change effective March 7: App developers can expect to see new fees on the Google Play Store if they want to direct users to sites or apps outside Google’s ecosystem. The…

In a significant development for the Indian app ecosystem, Google has agreed to restore delisted Indian apps on its Play Store. This decision comes following meetings between Google representatives and the Union government over the contentious issue of app delisting and payment policies. Here's what you need to know about this latest development:Indian Apps Removed from Play StoreOn March 1, Google took the decision to delist over 100 apps of Indian companies, including prominent names like Bharat Matrimony, Info Edge…

Image Source : GOOGLE PLAY STORE Google Play Store As the battle between Google and Indian startups intensifies, some apps of 8 out of 10 key homegrown companies who are spearheading the fight with the tech giant are already back on the Google Play Store after they complied with the new policy. The sources stated that several apps are already back on the Play…

Indian startups have now approached the country's top antitrust watchdog in order to force Google to reinstate the apps it delisted for policy reasons on Friday. Google had removed around 200 Indian apps including Naukri, 99acres, Bharat Matrimony and Kuku FM and the tech giant later reinstated only around 15 of these applications.  According to a Reuters report…

While some of the apps delisted from Google Play Store have started complying with the internet giant’s billing policies, founders and executives at Indian internet firms said the fight between them and Google is far from over.On the one hand, Indian companies have called for a “strategic response” from the government on what they claim to be monopolistic behaviour by the US tech major. On the other hand, Google has said its actions against the ten companies are only to make the ecosystem “fair” for a “vast majority” of…

A few more apps came back on Play Store on Sunday after they complied with Google's billing policy, even as the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) expressed concerns as the majority of apps removed remained delisted. Murugavel J, founder and CEO of matrimony.com, said that only eight of the company's apps, including Bengali Matrimony, Marathi Matrimony, Tamil Matrimony, Jodii and Bharat Matrimony were reinstated on Sunday, but only after they accepted Google's terms. A vast majority of its 100-plus apps are…

…

The government will meet founders of startups and senior executives from Google India on Monday to hear their views on the delisting of several Indian apps from the search giant’s Play Store and find a solution. The meeting is scheduled to be held late in the day.Google has, in the interim, “agreed to restore” all the apps that it had delisted from the app marketplace since Friday, people in the know said.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB…