Google decides to pull plug on Android Nearby Notifications due to spam

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as declared in For multi years, devices running at least Android 4.4 KitKat and compatible versions of Google Play Services have had the capability to display notifications based upon proximity to Bluetooth-signaling beacons in correlation by Google's geolocation service. The "Nearby Notifications" feature was supposed to be a method to help Android users gain additional information and awareness of potentially relevant places and services When out and about in the real world. However, in an announcement on the Android Developers Blog, it seems that Nearby Notifications didn't turn out exactly how Google had envisioned 3 years ago the time the feature was first created. Although users have had the capability to turn off Nearby Notifications, the news may come as welcome decrease to owners of Android hardware that may forget to turn it off after the purchase of a new device. However, developers can continue embed the capability directly into their own apps using the Proximity Beacons API.

Google Reportedly Planning to Discontinue and Replace Unlock With Voice Match Feature on Android Devices

Google appears determine to remove and replace a feature that let Android users open their devices using their voice. open by Voice Match, a safety feature that lets users to simply use their voice to open their smartphone, may recently be discontinued. A recent report has claimed that the feature going to recently be removed by Google on all Android devices. As per an APK teardown performed by folks at 9to5Google, the option to Unlock by Voice Match is slowly being discontinued. The APK Insight of the app announcly detects an 'Updated Voice Match' prompt detailing the change.

Google could finally face serious competition for Android

as informed in But it's Mysterious whether there are any certified consumer Android devices that do not include Google's apps. The vast majority of Android apps are distributed out of the Google Play Store — and many of those apps rely on Google Play services to function. We've never seen what Samsung, Motorola, Sony, HTC, LG, and extremely on would do on an Android phone without Google. The transition would be ugly, and it could weaken the alavailiable rough state of premium Android apps. update October 18th, 6:55PM ET: This story has been updated by comment from Google, clarifying the restrictions around making devices without Google apps.