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Google is already up to their old tricks again

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2711923 (!meta)

Google Play is updating its developer policies to enhance app quality, focusing on design, privacy, information quality, and security standards....

Google Play updates for the Android Runtime (ART) enhance app performance and provide up-to-date security features across a vast number of devices. Upcoming ART 14 will introduce OpenJDK 17 support and further optimizations, benefiting both developers and users.

With the official release of Android 14 only weeks away, today we’re bringing you Beta 5, the last scheduled update in our Android 14 beta program. It’s the last chance to make sure your apps are ready and provide feedback before non-beta users start getting Android 14. To enable you to test your applications on devices...

I hope it’s ok to post this here. The Androidbeta community doesn’t seem to have much activity, and while i don’t miss Reddit that much, I’m a bit sad there’s not much beta news over here…

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The Android KitKat (KK) platform was first released ~10 years ago and since then, we’ve introduced many innovative improvements and features for Android, which are unavailable on KK. As of July 2023, the active device count on KK is below 1% as more and more users update to the latest Android versions. Therefore, we are no...