Google Play PolicyBytes - April 2024 policy updates

Payal, Product Marketing Manager for Android and Google Play, shares important updates from our April 2024 Google Play policy announcements.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
00:42 - Child Safety Standards
02:27 - Health Apps and Health Connect
03:09 - Financial Services and Real-Money Gambling QAP exception
03:25 - Manipulated Media
03:47 - Personal Loans
04:02 - Spyware
04:33 - 2024 Key dates

Resources:

#GooglePlay #Policy #AndroidDevelopers

Speaker: Payal Mukerji
Products Mentioned: Google Play

[tusharsrivastava]

Please make the changes in publishing application by new developers. Currently it required 20 testers which is not feasible. I am sure lots of other new android developers would agree to this positive policy changes.

[NealSanche]

Eventually no human developer will be able to release an app on Google Play due to how complicated it is to do so.

[LifeEasy]

I've come to realize that Google tends to make things unnecessarily complicated. Now, I feel quite disheartened that I've invested so much time in learning Android app development.

[ahmedel-hady]

20 Testers Policy is probably the worst deciesion Google has ever made

[martinseal]

Googles policies do byte, how about the 20 testers for 2 weeks policy for new Devs basically blocking all indie Devs

[atailhankokturk]

Wow! Try to update your policies about 20 TESTERS BECAUSE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR INDIE DEVS?!

[MuslimUmmaApp]

100% General Devoloper cant publish App on Google Play because it's very complicated.

[surganagautama]

Are 20 tester 14 days is relevant for growing indie developers?

[Mike-erih]

Honestly the amount of policies you need to match to release an app is just ridiculous. No developer can comprehend this. And we do not have an army of lawyers. So with each update one can only pray that Google bots will not suspend you developer account out of nowhere on day...

[reza_hm]

20 developer for 14 days without any gaps 😩😩

[shuvopal]

The matter became completely dependent on others. Google's new update doesn't mean that every app developer is now independent. It means that even if someone wants to become an Android app developer, no matter how hard he learns coding, no matter how hard he learns app development, he has never been able to run independently. Finally he has to depend on 20 people. What kind of rule did Google make this bro? A truly terrible thing.

Google should change this policy.

[SelantoApps]

is the Health Apps form declaration working already? when I click start declaration I am redirected to the developer console home page

[Randomdude-ix]

There is a bug, I currently cannot state my declaration for health apps.
When clicking start declaration for Health apps, I just go to my apps overview screen. When I click one of my apps, it just opens the screen for that app like normal.

[SpiritReels]

I create an app when I see 20 users requirements I left this 😅

[shabas_]

this is more than the 10 commandments 😀😃

[THORNBYTE]

Thank you for clarifying the new policies! Videos like these are helpful for our junior devs in the company.

[tommedhurst]

How do we get in contact with the people who set these policies please?

[BASDeveloper]

Yes actually it is very challenging for new developer board it needs to be changed

[aymanalasri]

Unfortunately, they have become policies that no one can implement because of their difficulty

[darthcheeseburger]

Does anyone know how and where you're supposed to update identification records and the DUNS number? I'm literally going in circles on this. Our App provider said we need to update these things and I can't for the life of me find it anywhere. Google support has been zero help also. This stuff is not straight forward and extremely over complicated even for technically minded people.