Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
Tl; DR
- Google shares some of its latest improvements and the next steps to keep Android applications safe.
- The Play Store works on new badges as is one for VPN applications to highlight the verified software.
- Protection against financial applications of high malware will extend to new markets.
For more than a decade now, Google has done the hard work of the stewardship on Android applications: execute the Play Store, define policies and ensure that Android users have access to safe and useful mobile software on which they can count. To say that it is delicate would be an understatement, Google juggling constantly with the priorities of developers, operators, equipment manufacturers and all end users. Even if it sometimes results in changes that everyone does not like, society always tries to move the ball towards progress, and today Google Share some of its upcoming efforts to further improve the condition of Android applications.
Have you noticed badges in the Play Store designating things like official government applications, or those that offer legitimate VPN services? Badges like these give users the confidence that applications have received an additional verification. In the future, Google wishes to extend this program to include new badges covering additional applications.
With all the applications we use to transfer and hinder our money, financial services are a main target for hackers. Last year, Google launched a Singapore program that tried to automatically block side applications when they had the characteristics of being potentially intended to commit financial fraud. Now Google shares that he plans to extend this effort, although it has not yet revealed which nations will be involved afterwards.
The majority of Google reading news announces today are focused on developers, and although this will have no impact directly, it is always good to hear that Google tries to make things a little easier for people behind our favorite software. This includes renewed efforts to educate developers on policy changes so that they do not rush to make last second corrections to take the exam and add more pre-revised checks to the submission process.
