Google offers Lifetime Guarantee technology to Android developers around the world

Google is expansion It responded to Apple’s age-guarantee tools with news Wednesday that it will offer the Play Signal API to users around the world by the end of 2026. The technology, which is already available in Brazil, allows Android developers to identify younger users of their apps in order to provide safer, more age-appropriate experiences.

The expansion will initially bring the API to Australia and Canada by mid-August, before rolling it out globally to all markets by the end of the year.

Its arrival comes as lawmakers and regulators in global markets increasingly put pressure on app stores to better protect minors. Apple, for example, launched Age verification tools globally next February to comply with the growing number of age verification laws.

As with Apple, Google’s technology allows developers to get a user’s age range without having to access their personal information, such as date of birth. Instead, it enables parents to share their child’s age range directly with apps. It also allows adults to share their age when asked by app developers as well, allowing for personalized experiences.

Parents won’t have to manage sharing this information on an app-by-app basis either. To make it easier, Google centralizes this sharing by placing the sharing controls directly within your parental control dashboard. Family link. Once entered, any developer who chooses to incorporate age information can access this signal to customize their apps accordingly.

However, Google notes that age ranges are not shared by default — parents will have to opt in by entering that information initially.

This feature joins other security tools on Google Play, including those that allow developers Restricting the child’s ability To discover their applications. Meanwhile, parents can continue to use Google Play’s Family Link app to manage their kids’ screen time limits, approve app downloads, or set PIN-based content filters for specific apps.