Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a new process for third-party app stores.

Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how ...

With these changes, Google is signaling that Android's future lies in greater openness – on its terms. Developers will soon ...

Google is targeting excessive 'wake locks,' a feature Android developers can use to prevent a device from going to sleep.

Openly naming and shaming ...

The settlement affirms that developers in the Play Store will be able to steer users to other forms of payment. This is what got Fortnite pulled from the Play Store (and Apple App Store) back in 2020.

Google has lowered its IAP commission fees from 30% to 20%. Developers using Google Play's billing system in the European ...

Google is lowering its app commissions to 20 percent and introducing a Registered App Store programme that makes installation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. In a stark policy change, announced in July, Google warned developers ...

The latest Google System Update changelog mentions that the Play Store will surface Play Games profile initialization from different surfaces. A Play Games profile makes it easier to sign into ...

Overview: AI apps like ChatGPT are now leading global Play Store downloads, showing a major shift toward smart digital ...