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Google Play is Celebrating Star Wars Day With In-App Goodies, Discounts on TV and Audiobooks

Tim May 4, 2018 4

Today is May the 4th, international Star Wars day, a very important day for anyone who considers themself a fan of the series. In honor of this day, Google Play is hosting a massive promotion, granting in-app goodies for select Star Wars games, as well as...

Google Announces This Year’s Google Play Awards Nominees, Winners Coming at I/O

Kellen April 24, 2018 1

Google announced the 2018 Google Play Awards nominees today to celebrate the best experiences in Android. The Google Play Awards, for those not familiar, are a celebration of the applications and games that "represent some of the best experiences available on...

Audiobooks From Google Play Get Smart Resume, Greater Speed Controls, and More

Tim March 29, 2018 7

Audiobooks were launched for Google Play only a couple months ago, but already, Google is rolling out a major update that should make listening to your books a bit more easy and enjoyable. To sum up the changes, Google states there is a new feature called...

Google is Handing Out Free $2 Google Play Credits Right Now

Kellen March 27, 2018 18

Hit those inboxes up! Google started sending out free $2 Google Play credits today for use on your next Play purchase. The email focuses on games, saying "Dive into a new game," but it appears to be a straight $2 credit that can be used on anything. You will...

Google Play Movies & TV is Getting a Huge Update

Kellen March 27, 2018 17

Google Play Movies & TV has always been a stand-alone movie and TV store like iTunes. If you wanted to shop for a movie and TV show to buy or rent, you could do it through there. It was pretty standard stuff. That's about to change, though, thanks to...

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Android Feature Request: Please Allow Google Play Movies, Netflix Downloads on Android TV

Kellen March 2, 2018 30

As someone who ditched cable well over a year ago in favor of streaming all-the-things, I've found it hard to believe that services like Google Play Movies & TV and Netflix won't allow me to store any content offline on Android TV. It's actually become...

Android Feature Request: Let Us “User-Initiate” App Updates on Google Play, Just Like System Updates

Kellen February 8, 2018 18

The introduction of staged rollouts for Android apps is probably my least favorite Android happening in the history of covering this industry. While I'm fully aware of the reasoning for them to exist (act as a test group, catch bugs early before everyone gets...

Google Took Down 700,000+ Bad Apps in 2017, Booted 100,000 Bad Developers From Google Play

Kellen January 30, 2018 6

The battle over clean, non-malicious apps on Google Play is a never-ending battle that Google is constantly finding new ways to address. For 2017, they not only improved on their ability to detect bad apps, they discovered new techniques that help them...