News & Reviews:   Google Play Store

Previously, we shared a preview of Setel Lite, which as the name would suggest, is the lighter version of the Setel app. Now, the Setel Lite app is official and available for download via the Google Play Store and HUAWEI AppGallery.

Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli today announced the KitaJaga app, a community-driven platform which allows consumers in our country to check and compare prices of groceries. Part of his Ministry’s effort to empower consumers’ decision-making, users can check on the prices of groceries based on their location.

When downloading or updating apps from Google Play Store, the only way to check the progress without going in the app store is by swiping down the notification panel. In the future, it might be unnecessary to do so while waiting for the download to complete, as Google could use a floating bubble as a progress indicator.

Google has recently announced that it will be removing the standalone Google Street View app from both Google Play Store and Apple App Store in the “coming weeks”. Moreover, support for the app will also be discontinued in March 2023.

Mobile games are often free to play but in return, they often have advertisements playing in the background here and there. Some of them are annoying so with this, Google has decided to finally update its policy in the Google Play Store for how developers show ads.

Yesterday, we reported on the new update to MySejahtera that turns the app into more of a health-oriented app rather than just being used for Covid-19 contact tracing. Called MySejahtera 2.0, the update was only available for iOS devices yesterday but today, it has officially started rolling out to Android devices too.

Popular dating app Tinder as well as other similar apps from its parent company Match Group may be removed from the Google Play Store following the latest development on the two parties’ legal battle. It all started earlier this year when Match Group sued Google for requiring all Android developers to process ‘digital goods services’ payments through the Play Store billing system.

It seems that all the major tech companies have been updating their app or platforms’ icons recently and Google is no exception. Fresh from updating its Chrome web browser icon, the Android de facto app store, the Google Play Store has also discreetly received a refresh recently.

Moving your data between an Android and iOS device can be quite a hassle. However, Google's Switch to Android app has been around earlier this year and not many people know about it. This makes transferring seamless from iOS users and furthermore, it has been announced that all Android 12 phones support this. 

A flaw has been discovered in the HUAWEI AppGallery recently, whereby a vulnerability is allowing users to download paid apps in the store for free. Moreover, it was also found that the AppGallery API doesn’t offer any protection for paid apps in the store.