News On App Stores, September 2020

Apple App Store

App Store Review Guideline updates are available starting from September 11. They are meant to better protect customers, and help your apps go through the review process as smoothly as possible.
Here's all the updates (external sources).

More news:

• App Store product pages will feature a new privacy information section to help users understand an app’s privacy practices
  Full content and details (external sources): Developer.Apple

   

• The Apple sandbox environment lets you test in-app purchases on devices using product information set up in App Store Connect
  Full content and details (external sources): Developer.Apple

   

• Prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) on the App Store will increase in response to tax changes in Chile, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
  Full content and details (external sources): Developer.Apple

• It is now possible to create subscription offers to grow and retain your customer base by giving them a free or discounted price for a specific duration for an auto-renewable subscription.
  Full content and details (external sources): Developer.Apple

Google Play Store

• Google will no longer allow any apps to circumvent its payment system within the Google Play store that provides the company a cut of in-app purchases.
  Full content and details (external sources): The New York Times

• Upcoming Google Play Deadlines: read on Developers.Android

Huawei AppGallery

• Huawei has announced a new partnership with Mondia Pay which enables the Chinese tech giant to offer Direct Carrier Billing service (DCB), for seamless, contactless payments for users in the MEA region, through Huawei Mobile Services (HMS).

  Full content and details (external sources): ITP.net

• HUAWEI is establishing global ecosystem cooperation labs and global developer service centers to assist developers.
  Full content and details (external sources): Pocketnow

• AppGallery now has 490 million monthly and 700 million total users worldwide
  Full content and details (external sources): Huawei Central