Google hasn’t updated many of its iOS apps in a week, perhaps to avoid potential criticism that will come out of the privacy labels of Paul’s new mandatory App Store. But for a while on Wednesday, Google took some of its own iOS apps Complaint About the wait: We’ve seen confusing notifications within Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Photos that the apps are out of date – however, newer versions of the apps aren’t available (via TechMim editor Spencer Daily).
But we’re not seeing the notifications anymore, and Google says they were there by mistake. “We have identified this error and an update has been rolled out to address this issue,” Google said in a statement.
The notification was appearing, you can see it when you try to log in to your account. After you enter your email address, you may have seen this warning message: “You should update this application. The version you are using does not include the latest security features to keep you safe. Only continue if you understand the dangers. “
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After you tap the turn button, you’ll be able to use the app normally – it will still work. But without additional context, users may worry that they do not have the latest and most secure version of the app.
Google has promised that its apps will begin incorporating the new mandatory app Pull App Privacy Labels into a blog post on January 12th, and the company has technically kept its word. For example, Google has been updated with the labels Thenticator and Stadia, and in testing with those two apps, we don’t see the message that this app is out of date.
Update ET on February 10, 11:12 PM: We’re not looking at notifications anymore, and Google said Edge That they were due to error.
