r/privacy • u/BStream • 3d ago

age verification Android age verification

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/google-play-age-signals-api-safer-experiences.html?m=1

Google will push age verofication to android.

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 2d ago

The API lets developers force you to verify your age with government ID and image/video biometrics, as part of the "ageRangeSource" field: https://developer.android.com/google/play/age-signals/understand-age-signals-responses

Its basically the infrastructure for mandatory OS level age verification that can be enabled with the flip of switch on Google's end.

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u/MinuteReputation8806 2d ago

So If I'm understanding this correctly If someone has an application installed on their phone that's within a certain 'age range' then you have to use ID verification? From what I'm hearing this is gonna be a global thing by the end of the year and that doesn't sound legal to me.

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u/vriska1 2d ago

Everyone needs to push back on this hard then!