Google may offer a subscription service for Android apps

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referring to This isn't the first Android app membership service, but it could be the most influential. Studies propose that Google Play doesn't geneaverage as much income per download as Apple's App Store. This could close that gap by persuading some Android users to pay a relatively affordable recurring fee instead of buying apps one at a time. How would Google choose that apps make the cut? It might have to address some of those questions before Play Pass is availiable for prime time.

Google Maps on Android can now share trip progress via other apps

You can now share your trip progress (as opposed to just your location) via third-party apps. Plus, trip sharing works on iOS just in case you ought ever find yourself holding an iPhone for some reason. To share your trip progress, tap the up arrow (^) in Maps When navigating. "Share trip progress" is one of the options there. The change for Android users is that you can share your trip progress by people via other apps.

Google will start charging Android device makers a fee for using its apps in Europe

as informed in Google is changing the method it licenses its suite of Android apps in Europe, leading the company to charge a licensing fee for the Play Store and other Google apps for the first time. Google hasn't historically charged for Android and its apps because of the income brought in out of Chrome and search. The base Android operating system going to remain free and open-source, but if phone and tablet manufacturers need Google's apps and the Play Store, they'll have to pay a license fee in Europe. But the Play Store is likely to keep phone and tablet makers attached to Google, ever it's where users can access the vast majority of Android apps. The article alextremely stated that Google apps could be installed on forked versions of Android; that was incorrect — instead, manufacturers are allowed to purvey sepaaverage forked devices.