Google Play has started hiding outdated apps, a move the tech company has put in place to protect users from programs that lack the latest privacy and security protections.

As of November 1st, Google no longer allows new users to search for and install apps from the Play Store that are outdated, that is, those that are based on at least two versions of Android below the most current .

The measure, announced in April, responds to Google’s policy update that modifies the target Application Programming Interface (API) level, the internal data invisible to users that indicate which version of Android they are running on. based on a certain ‘app’.

The company considers that raising the target API level “will protect users from installing old apps” that may not have the latest privacy and security features, and ensures that “the vast majority of Google Play applications fall within” the new ones. requirements.

Users who had installed outdated apps from Google Play before November 1 will continue to have access to them “on any device” with the version of Android OS that supports said application.

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Google announced that it has shut down its cross-platform instant messaging service Hangouts and that users can use Google Chat, a business communication app, instead.

The Mountain View company announced the closure of Hangouts in October 2020 and, months later, set a deadline of November 1, the day it would no longer be available permanently.

As a replacement for this application, which stopped working in early July on some iOS and Android devices, it announced the Chat tool, available from Gmail or through the Play Store.

Until now, Hangouts remained available in its web version, since it ceased to be operational on Android in early September. However, this service is not available in this other version since this Thursday according to the Google support page. From now on, Hangouts will be upgraded to Google Chat.

This website also indicates that users will be able to continue using Google Takeout, which allows content to be downloaded and migrated to other platforms (including Google Chat), until January 1, 2023.

Google Chat and Google Hangouts do not have the same functions, as indicated by the company, detailing which ones correspond to each one. Thus, he indicated that neither the stickers nor the Hangouts Chrome extension will be available in Chat.

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Google unveiled new features in Android 13 for Business, including, but not limited to, the ability to more easily separate and switch between work and personal profile and data.

The Mountain View company offers, through Android Enterprise, a range of tools and services to administer and manage devices based on its operating system used by a company.

The operating system also arrived at these phones, and it has done so with new features, as Google explained in a statement posted on its blog.

Android 13 allows you to customize the user experience of these devices from the Android Management application programming interface (API).

To do this, it introduces the ability to edit user settings, among other customization options. Additionally, this means the Android Enterprise team will be able to roll out new features more often, according to Google.

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