Google Play, the official app store of Google is currently down and many users across the world have difficulties accessing its services. Both the mobile and web versions are down.

Read more about it below.

Google Play Store is Down!

The most used and biggest app store in the world, Google Play is currently down. Many users have difficulties accessing its service and more than 2,500 users have reported the issue on Downdetector. Among 48% of the users have reported download-related issues and 47% are facing search-related issues. 5% of the users have also reported purchase-related issues as well.

On Down for Everyone or Just Me, it has been stated that Google’s Play Store is still down and about 84.9% of the users who have reported have mentioned that they are receiving error notifications. 9.39% have reported slow connections while about 5.71% have reported that they are unable to log in to the service.

The reason for this outage is still not clear and Google hasn’t come forward with an explanation for it. It is likely that this outage might be caused due to the server being overloaded, or down or maybe, it might be unreachable due to network-related problems. Maintenance can also be a reason, however as mentioned, the exact or real reason behind it is still not known.

Certain reports state that in India too, users are facing issues, however, the issues are different for different users. Some are facing slow connections and other are not even able to access the service. It has also been reported that in some cases, on restarting the device users were able to access the service, but not everyone was able to resolve the issue with this method.

It’s been 3 hours since the issue has been reported and it’s really high time that Google come forward with an explanation for the outage and when the issue will be resolved. From what it seems, we’ll have to wait to know about it

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Google has allowed real money gambling and betting apps on its Play Store that will be available for users in 15 countries including the US.

As of now, gambling apps are only allowed in Brazil, France, Ireland, and the UK.

The update will enable developers to make real-money gaming apps, in-app ads related to real-money gambling, and daily fantasy sports apps available on Google Play in the eligible countries.

Google Play Store from March 1 with the new policy changes will allow authorised and legal gambling apps such as online casino games, lotteries, sports betting and daily fantasy sports. However, that will only depend on whether these gambling apps are allowed in the approved countries.

The new rules will permit gambling apps in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the US.

Google further stated that the new rules are only applicable once the developer completes the application process for gambling apps to be distributed on Play and that it is an approved governmental operator and/or is registered as a licensed operator with the appropriate governmental gambling authority in the specified country.

Google in its statement stated that “For all other apps which do not meet the eligibility requirements for gambling apps noted above, we don’t allow content or services that enable or facilitate users’ ability to wager, stake, or participate using real money (including in-app items purchased with money) to obtain a prize of real-world monetary value”.

However, gambling in real money is illegal in India.

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