News & Reviews:   Google Play Store

After Facebook facing issues with some of its platforms not responding last week, it looks like Google is the next to have problems as some of its services are currently down including YouTube, Google Drive, Google Assistant, and more.

Just yesterday, Apple released their App Store Best of 2020 and Top Mobile Games list which we saw Genshin Impact winning the best iPhone Game of the Year. Google followed up shortly after that with their own Best of 2020 in the Google Play Store and yes, Genshin Impact was chosen as the Best Game of 2020 by the Play Store editors. 

If you want to get new emojis, you have to wait for the latest OS update. That's a fact that we've been knowing since emoji was released. With that said, it appears that Google might not want to do it like that anymore. It is reported that future emoji updates could get separated from the Android firmware updates.

Google is working hard to bring new features and experiences to some of its platforms and applications. After announcing a new Gmail logo design together with upgrades for G Suite, the company moved on to adding several new features to YouTube a few days ago. Now, it's the turn for Google Play Store as users will get to compare apps soon!

Earlier, it was reported that the Government of India has banned 118 apps from China due to security reasons. Among the apps, there are some popular ones like WeChat, PUBG Mobile, Alipay, Taobao, Arena of Valor, and many more. Now, it looks like the government wants to gain more control over the app usage of the users. With that said, the country is planning to launch an app store to rival Apple's App Store and Google Play Store.

Malware for mobile devices have been around for a while, but the one operating system targeted the most would be Android. More importantly, there's a new wave of malware that is flooding Android app stores recently. Specifically, variants of the malware family known as 'Joker'.

For those who bought the previous HUAWEI smartphones that come with GMS (Google Mobile Services), this could be a problem that you might be worried about after the US ban happened. As the company no longer has access to American software and technology, current users are wondering if their HUAWEI devices (with GMS) still can get system updates or security patches. Now, it appears that the answer might be a 'yes' from a statement made by HUAWEI.

No, we are not kidding! The popular Civilization VI RTS game has made its way to Google Play Store but not Apple App Store (sorry iOS fans lol). If you're a big RTS fan or looking for something fresh to play, you might as well just take this opportunity and download the trial for free.

When money is involved, things tend to escalate quickly. And things certainly escalated when Epic Games decided to implement its own in-app payment system for the mobile version of Fortnite. Now the game has been removed from both Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Yikes, 47 mobile game apps have been reported to be malicious and they are still on the Google Play Store. The latest finding was done by Avast alongside Apklab.io and although Google is investigating this, it may be too late for those who have downloaded the app.