Child
protected
With children
increasingly using
mobiles, the Play
store could be a
risky and potentially
expensive location.
Parental controls
can be found in the
user settings; from
here you can limit
what games,
movies, books and
music are
accessible via the
Play store. These settings are PIN protected and
therefore can’t easily be changed. These
developments should make parents a lot happier
with handing their phone or tablet to their child.
Time your
updates
Apps regularly update
on the Google Play
store without your
knowledge. These are
background updates
that can eat into your
data allowance. The
Settings are your
place to change this.
You can set apps to
update as soon as an
update is available,
only over Wi-Fi or
never. This can save
both on 3G allowance
and battery power as updating the apps on the
Google Play store can take quite some time and
processing power to complete.Restricted
permissions
Downloading from
the Google Play store
is now a little bit
quicker and easier
with Android
Marshmallow. The
new granular
permissions setting
means that upon
download an app will
only ask for the very
essential
permissions.
Therefore when
downloading an app
there are only a handful of permissions you will
have to accept before you are able to use it, so if
you prefer to double check what areas an app can
access before downloading then you are in luck.Intelligent searching
Searching has become that little bit
smarter in the latest
update to the Play
store. Typing in sear
terms doesn’t just
bring up related apps
but also specifi c
categories. If you type
the search term
shopping, or apps
such as eBay and
Amazon, you will now
see a coupon category
high on the list. This
means you can fi nd
results more in tune with
the activity you are doing
instantly, rather than trawling
through dozens of categoriesFamily
friendly
There was a real
focus in the latest
update to the
Google Play store in
making it a safe
place for young
people to be. The
introduction of the
family star badge is
intended to make
parents aware of
the suitability of an
app at a glance.
Certain apps can
be granted a family
star badge if their content is considered
appropriate for kids to access. This includes
highlighting games that are supported by adverts
or in-app purchases.Hide
unwanted
content
If you are scrolling
through the Google
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One of the major developments of Android
Marshmallow was the standardisation of
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