The latest Google Play system update includes other hidden news

The latest Google Play system update, that of May 2022, brought several new features, as we have seen. To these are added at least a couple of other interesting ones: one concerns the tool for selecting images, which started with Android 13 (still in beta) and is now also distributed on Android 11 and Android 12, the other is a function that it will be useful for parents using Family Link.

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The Google Play system update of May also brings the new “photo picker” and a novelty for Family Link

Android 13 includes support for a new photo selection tool, which gives users a secure way to select media files without having to grant the app they are using access to the entire library. Useful, right? Well, this interesting news is also arriving on smartphones with Android 11 and Android 12 thanks to the Google Play system update of May 2022.

But that’s not all because the update in question, together with Google Play Services 22.15 includes a novelty designed for parents who supervise their child’s device. According to the widespread changelog, parents will be able to set a persistent launcher on their child’s device through Family Link: this would serve to prevent children from switching launchers to something other than the approved one (although it is not yet fully clear how functions).

For the uninitiated, Family Link is an app that allows you to set ground rules for the digital life of children and adolescents and follow them as they learn, play and surf the web. For example, it allows you to set a timer for the hours of use of the device, limit access to certain contents, approve the installation of apps or even block the device remotely.

The rollout of the Google Play system update of May 2022 is proceeding gradually as always, so it may not have arrived on your Android smartphone or tablet yet. To check and try to update “manually” all you have to do is enter the system settings, go to the section dedicated to the software and select ” Google Play system update “. Full deployment could take weeks.

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