Google Play increases its security and functions with a new update
The official applications store for the platform Android no wants to stay behind. And it is that with time, news and some other issue legal it is necessary to catch up and make some changes. That's why Google has launched a new version of Google Play which is gradually reaching the terminals of all users AndroidAn update that comes loaded with all kinds of new features to be a safer and more practical application market for all types of users.
This is the version 4.6.16 of Google Play, and it includes everything from visual changes to new features that will please the most frequent users. Among them is a new protection that seeks to prevent involuntary or unconscious payment or purchase of content within applications Something that has recently led him to face a class action lawsuit in the United States by a series of angry parents who have had to pay without their consent after their children made charges while playing with an application. In this way, and from the Settings menu, the user can establish a password that is no longer disabled for 30 minutes , but can be configured to require enter it with each payment or never, if preferred.
Closely related to the issue of in-app purchases, there is now a pre-install notice of those that have these types of transactions. This is a pop-up message next to permissions that explicitly indicates the possibility of encountering additional in-app purchases or game to be installed.
Another of the important novelties of this new version is the support for the installation of mass applications Of course, as long as you already have ever been installed on the device. When accessing the My applications menu, in the All tab, the user can select several of those that have already been uninstalled by making a long press and marking as many as you wantSo all that remains is to press the Install button so that, one by one, they can be enjoyed again on the device. A slow but really comfortable process for new terminals.
Alongside these new features there are also some eye-catching tweaks. Thus, following the stylistic trail of the hamburger menus (drop-down and layered), the sections Settings and Help are now integrated into the dropdown in the upper left corner, right at the end of the list. The name of the function Add Widget to Desktop which can be found in the menu Settings has also been changed And it was confusing when referring to the icon of the application and not to a widgetor direct access itself, understanding the latter as an added function that not all applications have.
It is also important the new possibility to force the update of the version of Google Play that has been added in the menu Settings In this way it is not necessary to wait for the new versions to arrive gradually, being able to select this option and forcing its update if there is a more recent version available.
Finally, there are a number of minor visual and styling changes that affect letters and buttons, details that the most meticulous users will appreciate. The appearance of the accounts menu has also been modified to switch between one and the other if the user has several, in addition to other more technical details that try to reduce the space that this application store occupies in the terminal.
In short, an important update with a large number of new features that, for now, we will have to wait patiently to receive. And, as usual since Google, updates are released staggered to avoid large-scale failures.
