In what could be a bug or behavior change, the Google Play Store is not showing available updates for system-level apps if you have automatic updates disabled. Update 1/22/26: Here’s a list of common ...

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After nearly five years of absence, Fortnite has triumphantly returned to the U.S. on mobile via the Play Store, marking a historic turning point in the ongoing Epic Games vs. Google saga. This ...

Epic Games has won another victory for Fortnite against Google. Epic and Google have been in a legal battle for several years as Epic has challenged Google and Apple’s alleged “walled garden” mobile ...

Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. Apps that exceed a "bad behavior threshold" ...

Starting in 2026, Android apps that cause battery drain from excessive wake locks will face reduced discoverability on the Play Store. A great user experience is built on a foundation of strong ...

Google has added a new user agent to its help documentation named Google-CWS. This is the Chrome Web Store user agent that is a user-triggered fetchers. More details. Google posted about the new user ...

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Some users are unable to open the Google Play Store on their Android TV and Google TV devices. The Play Store returns a “Can’t connect” error despite the device ...