Google play store can now require passwords

Google may finally be offering protection of sorts from added charges due to the accidental download of paid apps, with a "require password" option for its updated Google Play app.

Enthusiast site Android Police said Google Play Store 4.6.16 also features an updated User Interface (UI), and forced self-update.

"(W)e now have a new option to always require the account password for purchases, not just once per 30 minutes. If you have kids, you should probably turn this on now," Android Police's Artem Russakovskii said in a blog post.

He cited an instance where a mother sued Google after her child bought $66 in in-app purchases from an Android game.

Russakovskii also said the Play Store can self-update, when the user taps the Build version in the settings. — LBG, GMA News

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