May 13, 2024
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/13/22282000/google-bug-fix-ios-youtube-app-privacy-apple-gmail-docs-search-update

Google has actually supplied a bug repair to its iOS YouTube app, the very first upgrade to a significant Google iOS app considering that December,9to5Google reports Although there’s been speculation that the reason for the absence of updates to iOS variations of Gmail, Docs, Browse, and Photos is an effort to prevent Apple’s brand-new personal privacy labels, Google has explicitly denied that held true. The business stated in a January 12th blog post it would include the labels to its apps when updates were readily available:

As Google’s iOS apps are upgraded with brand-new functions or to repair bugs, you’ll see updates to our app page listings that consist of the brand-new App Personal privacy Particulars. These labels represent the optimum classifications of information that might be gathered– indicating if you utilize every readily available function and service in the app. The information you supply to Google items provides useful services to you, and you can constantly manage your personal privacy settings by visiting your Google Account or going straight to the Google items you utilize on iOS.

Apple needs business to use the personal privacy labels, which it released on December 14th, prior to they can upgrade existing iOS apps. A few of Google’s other apps– Stadia, Authenticator, Translate, and Class, for instance– have actually gotten iOS updates currently.

We have actually connected to Google to ask if updates for the iOS variations of Gmail, Browse, Docs and Images are upcoming, and will report back if we discover more.

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