Google announces new security updates for the Play Store

Google Pixel is ready to update its Play Store by adding more security and privacy features.

The much-anticipated feature is Google’s Network Security, designed to protect users from network tracking and booting.

This feature requires a modem and operating system, but currently no phone, even the Pixel 9, can provide it.

The second update is more essential because it increases Android security.

Notably, the upcoming update introduces top-notch protection by performing advance scans on the phone. This feature can detect fraud and abusers trying to hide.

As everything changed, Google also confirmed the mandatory use of photo pickers due to a policy change.

During an event, the company announced: “We are working to improve photo permissions and make them more private for users.”

It further added: “Starting this year, apps on Play must show that they need broad access to use photo or video permissions. Google Play will begin enforcing this policy in August.”

The update could hit the phone before the end of the year, before then Google will “analyze additional behavioral signals related to the use of sensitive permissions and interactions with other apps and services.”

“If suspicious behavior is discovered, Google Play Protect can submit the app to Google for further analysis and then warn users or disable the app if malicious behavior is confirmed,” the company revealed.

It is worth noting that the Play Store reduced low-quality and high-risk apps, showing real improvements.

In the meantime, definitive measures must be taken even sooner for photo permission abuse.