If you have an Android phone with the Personal Safety app paired with a Pixel Watch or Pixel Watch 2 running Wear OS 4, you can now turn on "multi-device location sharing".

From Google's support page: "When multi-device location sharing is turned on for your device, we will use that device’s location as a backup in the case you start an Emergency Share on another device, but that device can no longer share its location."

On Pixel, this toggle can be found by opening the Personal Safety app then going to Features > Emergency Sharing. You'll also need to toggle this on your watch as well.

Thanks to Telegram user anticringeclub for the tip!

Instagram has finally added a themed icon on Android! This is available in version 307.0.0.0.30.

Now the only app that's missing support for this in my "Social" folder is Facebook.

H/T Omar Tosca on Threads

Facebook also now has a themed icon on Android, starting with version 439.0.0.0.30 (alpha)!

Thanks to White_Eagle_ on Telegram for the tip!

Google has announced that Play Games on PC now has over 3,000 games, which now includes the massively popular Clash of Clans and Clash Royale.

Also new is:

* An "All Games" section with a search bar

* Support for game controllers including Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One, PS5 DualSense, and PS4 DualShock. Requires game support.

* 4K screen resolution support, along with the ability to select from a list of supported screen resolutions in-game by pressing Shift + Tab.

The Google Play Games on PC developer emulator is now available for anyone to download. This developer-focused build lets you deploy games via ADB sideloading, adjust some graphics and hardware settings, and more. There are two tracks to pick from: Stable and Beta.

The developer emulator build was announced back in March during the Google for Games Developer Summit but was only open to approved developers who filled out a form.

Here are some new Google Play policies app developers should be aware of:

* Starting January 31, 2024, apps that allow users to create content (text, images, voice, or video) using generative AI must prohibit the generation of Restricted Content. These apps must contain in-app reporting or flagging features that let the user report or flag offensive content.

* Starting mid-2024, Google will begin cracking down on apps that unnecessarily request the READ_MEDIA_IMAGES and/or READ_MEDIA_VIDEO permissions (on Android 13+) to access the user's images and/or videos. Apps that only need to access the user's images and/or videos once or infrequently will be "requested" to remove these permissions and use the system photo picker instead. Starting in early 2025, though, only apps with core functionality relying on accessing the user's image and/or videos can use the READ_MEDIA_IMAGES and READ_MEDIA_VIDEO permissions.

* Starting May 31, 2024, the Device and Network Abuse policy will prohibit apps from using the full-screen intent permission (USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT) to force user interaction with disruptive ads or notifications. Android 14 changes the permission's protection level from normal to appop, and only apps that need to do things like set off an alarm or show an incoming phone/video call will be automatically granted the permission by Google Play. Other apps will have to request the user to grant the permission.