Google might be developing a ‘Play Pass’ subscription service for Android apps & games

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This emphasis on gaming reflects how profitable the category is by a possible "Play Pass" membership service now in the works. Now, Google might be planning a membership service for Android apps and games on the Play Store. XDA yesterday published references to a "Play Pass" service that was found in the Google Play Store. Imagine your app store has a membership that offers hundreds of dollars worth of paid apps and games for a monthly fee. This somewhat limits the selection of apps that could be included in Play Pass.

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

according to 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.