Google bans self-updating Android apps, possibly including Facebook’s

Facebook end run around Google Play store followed by change in Google policy.

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[jbrodkin]

CrookedKnight[/url]":2sgxaeo8]This would also affect the Amazon Appstore application. I just got an update pushed to that without the Play Store's intervention this morning.

No, because the Amazon Appstore isn't installed from Google Play to begin with (at least it wasn't when I installed it). This would only apply to apps installed from Google Play, and then updated outside Google Play.

 

[jbrodkin]

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About six weeks ago, users of Facebook's Android application noticed that they were being asked to install a new version—without going to the Google Play app store.

Google Chrome on iOS does this same shit. Do what we say - not what we do huh ?


Wow. Has Google banned it's own Apps from auto-updating ?

Because the version number of my copy of Chrome keeps going up on various devices. And I get annoying notifications on my mobile devices constantly until i upgrade.

Chrome on iOS is updated through the Apple App Store.