A new Play Store store warning affects millions.
Google has discreetly changed how applications work on your phone. From next month, the Android manufacturer will allow applications to operate differently depending on your phone. The bad news is that it could see finance, messaging and other applications cease to function properly for you. And the latest data suggest that this affects more than half of all users.
This is motivated by the API Play Integrity, which Google Said “is an essential tool to help protect your business from abuse such as fraud, robots, cheating and data theft”, with “applications that use the game’s integrity features to detect suspicious activity by seeing an 80% drop in unauthorized use on average compared to other applications.”
But technology has now changed and will draw a line between Android 12 and all the more recent versions of the operating system. This means for “all devices running Android 13 and more [it will] Make it faster, more reliable and more private for users. Conversely, if you perform Android 12 or more, then everything could now slow down.
Google also adds “improved safety signals”. With these, developers can decide how reliable the device is performing their application. Google has Tell developers They can now operate differently on “Android 12 and less than devices. [with]
The improved definition of devices running Android 13 and more. The same signals allow developers to check how much a phone has been updated.
Android users are divided into the middle – good and bad.
Google introduced this change of developer on an opt-in basis at the start of the year, confirming the deadline for “update automatically” for everyone is May 2025.
The size of this problem has also just been shared by Google, with More than half of all Android devices Yet to update on Android 13 or better. These latest data are worse than thoughts, although we knew that at least a third of Android devices were no longer assistance.
About 200 million Android 12 users have an even greater problem than this change of game integrity API. By by Android Authority, “Google no longer makes safety fixes at Android 12 or 12L, as the two operating systems have reached the end of life state.” This does not mean that OEM devices will not have intervened for a while to fill the gap, but it is difficult and expensive and therefore do not count on what is happening. “If you still have an Android 12 or 12L device”, ” Android authority Said: “It’s time to upgrade if you appreciate security.”
It’s hard to discuss. In simple terms, if you do not yet perform Android 13 or more, you need an update of the operating system at least, and more likely a phone upgrade to something more recent.
