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Google Play has a new discovery feature for apps, new ways to acquire users, updates to Play Points, and other enhancements to developer-facing tools.

Google Play preps a new full-screen app discovery feature and adds more developer tools

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This Week in Apps: Apple’s event brings a ‘Dynamic Island,’ new widgets and iOS 16

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Test and trace with Apple and Google

After the shutdown, the testing and tracing. “Trace, test and treat is the mantra … no lockdowns, no roadblocks and no restriction on movement” in South Korea. “To suppress and…

Test and trace with Apple and Google

The latest version of Google Play services will include several interesting new features in Google Maps, Google Drive, Google Wallet, and the recently launched Google Fit. The rollout will be…

Google Play Services 6.5 Adds New Features To Maps, Drive, Wallet, And Fit APIs

Google Play Services, the company’s client-side library for allowing Android developers to easily use Google-powered features like Maps and Google+ in their apps, got a major update today that includes…

Google Updates Play Services With Improved GPS, Google+ And Photo Sphere Integrations