Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores

Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how ...

Here’s how Google describes its fee-reducing Apps Experience and Games Level Up programs

But Google is public that two other programs, Apps Experience and Games Level Up, will let developers save up to 5 percent more of their hard-earned cash — if they make games an ...

Google drops 30 percent app store fee. What that means for you.

Google is doing away with its 30 percent fee in the Android App Store, which could potentially ease costs for everyday users.
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The Google Weather Android ‘app’ is going away [U]

Google is getting rid of Android’s de facto Weather app in favor of Search results. This deprecation slowly started a few months ago, but is now picking up steam. Update 3/10: In recent days, we’ve ...

I tried replacing all Google apps with Samsung's defaults — only 2 were worth keeping

The Samsung apps that finally beat Google ...

Google and Epic announce settlement to end app store antitrust case

The settlement affirms that developers in the Play Store will be able to steer users to other forms of payment. This is what got Fortnite pulled from the Play Store (and Apple App Store) back in 2020.

Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new class of ‘metaverse’ apps

He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Epic Games and Google are burying the hatchet, but documents ...

Google starts shaming apps that drain your battery

Google is officially rolling out warning alert boxes, that highlight Play Store apps guilty of excessive battery usage.
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5 Underrated Google Apps You Need To Try On Your Android Phone

If you're an Android user, you likely have Gmail on your phone. It's one of those essential apps that many rely on every day for work and personal use. Other than Gmail, Android users have other ...