Android developers can now force you to update your apps

Starting soon, you’ll likely start to see pop-up warnings when you open certain apps on your Android device. The warnings will prevent you from using the application until you update it. This tool will help devs keep their apps safe by ensuring older versions aren’t used if there’s a known problem with that version.

Android developers have two new ways to update their apps

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“Right now, if you have an update, either you have auto-update or you need to go to the Play Store to even know that there is an update, or maybe the Play Store will give you a notification,” Chet Haase, chief advocate for Android, said. “But what if you have a really critical feature that you want people to get or, let’s say, a security issue you want to address, or a payment issue and you really want all of your users to get that as quickly as they can.”

The ability to force users to update solves the issues Haase describes.

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