Google Play PolicyBytes - October 2025 policy updates // TRAIN BRAIN

Google Play PolicyBytes - October 2025 policy updates

Paul Hua, from Regional Operations North America, Trust and Safety, Google Play, shares important updates from our October 2025 Google Play policy announcements.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:33 - Age-Restricted Content and Functionality
1:11 - Updates and clarifications
1:19 - Personal Loans
1:50 - Health and Medical Functionalities
2:54 - Subscriptions
3:16 - 180 day appeal window for account termination
3:42 - Key dates
4:05 - Free policy course from Google
4:17 - Policy Webinar
4:35 - Google Play Developer Help Community
Resources:
Google Play PolicyBytes - October 2025 policy updates → https://goo.gle/policybytes425
Policy Announcement → https://goo.gle/policy-announcement
Age restricted content → https://goo.gle/age-restricted-content
Financial services → https://goo.gle/personal-loans
Health content and services → https://goo.gle/healthapps
Subscriptions → https://goo.gle/subscriptions
Google Play Policy course → https://g.co/playacademy/policy
Play Webinars → https://goo.gle/policywebinars
Play Console help center → https://Play.google.com/developerhelp
Watch more Play PolicyBytes → https://goo.gle/PlayPolicyBytes
Subscribe to Android Developers → https://goo.gle/AndroidDevs
#GooglePlay #Policy #AndroidDevelopers
Speaker: Paul Hua
Products Mentioned: Google Play for Android

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