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It has been about two years since Google introduced the Play Store feature known as “Collections.” This feature organizes your apps by topic and highlights content recommended by your apps. It’s meant to help you discover new content or resume content already in progress right from your home screen. If you tried to set up…

Whether you’re an avid gamer or a casual player, finding your next game can be difficult. With so many titles out there, no one wants to waste their time on an RPG, platformer, shoot’em up, and so on, they have no interest in. Having to sort through the thousands of games on the Play Store…

We already know that Google is working on a custom game playlist feature that will let users group and store Play Store games into different categories, but that tool assumes that you already have games in mind that you want to save. What about when you have no idea what to play next? Google appears…

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Google’s plan to tighten the reins on Android sideloading has officially taken effect, with developer verification rules now rolling out across Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. Certified Android devices running Google Play Services now actively block unverified app packages by default in these regions, with a wider global rollout on the cards for 2027. Now…

Google Play’s billing story changed earlier this year when Google opened the door wider to alternative billing systems and external web payments, giving Android users more choice over how they pay. Now it is turning its attention to subscriptions that still run through Google Play itself, with new billing options that could make AI apps,…

For all the pushback you might hear about vibe coding, we can’t deny that it actually has the potential to work pretty well, and really does manage to impressively lower the bar of entry for what’s needed to build your first app. Google’s hard at working bringing its AI Studio experience to Gemini, hoping to…

Google finally gave Play Games a big upgrade last year, including an in-game overlay called Sidekick. This overlay lets you instantly view achievements, get input on the game with Gemini Live, take screenshots/screen recordings, and more. Activating Sidekick in supported games currently requires users to drag the handle that appears on the right or left…

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