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Apps on the Google Play Store will need to show privacy information next year Like Apple's App Store, the Play Store will show a 'safety section' on each app listing with details about data collection Google has announced plans to start showing details on the Play Store about the data that apps collect on users, following in the footsteps of Apple. The search giant will add a new safety section to app listings in the Play Store — according to a timeline Google shared, that should show up for users sometime in Q1 2022. The section will include information about data collection,...

The changes should reduce app listings that tout apps as being the 'best' or 'top' and other scummy tactics users to push downloads.

Google accidentally shared image captured with Pixel 5a in research post The company has since removed the image, but the data indicated the 5a will sport a similar camera to the 4a 5G Spotted by 9to5Google, a series of example photos shared by Google included one image from the Pixel 5a — Google has since removed the picture. The name showed up both in the info panel in the Google Photos album shared by the company as well as in the picture’s EXIF data. Additionally, the data showed that the photo was taken with an ultrawide lens at f/2.2 — for reference, the Pixel 4a 5G...

Bad news for Google Play Movies & TV fans: come June 15th, the app will no longer be available for smart TVs and Roku set-top boxes. Google announced the change via email (and also through an update to the Play Movies & TV support page). In short, if you use the Play Movies & TV app on Roku set-top boxes or Roku, Samsung, LG or Vizio smart TVs, you won’t be able to continue doing so after June 15th, 2021. Instead, Google says that any movie or TV content users purchased or rented from Play Movies & TV will be accessible through the YouTube app.

Google goes virtual for I/O 2021, event takes place May 18 to 20 Google cancelled I/O 2020 due to COVID-19 Google will host a virtual I/O conference this year, and it’ll be free to attend. 9to5Googlesolved the puzzle and reports that I/O 2021 will take place from May 18th to 20th. The conference will include keynote presentations for both consumers and developers focused on “company and product news.” There will also be technical sessions for people to learn how to adopt new technologies. Google will make the full event lineup available later in April. I/O 2021 will also h...