A new version of the Google app began rolling out earlier this week, but there don’t appear to be any major changes going live quite yet. However, this version does bring some big clues about upcoming changes. On the docket for this teardown is a new authentication step for purchases made through Google Assistant, video previews in search results, user-defined actions take form through IFTTT, and some people will be happy to find out that Google’s launcher won’t always add icons for newly installed apps.
Google App v6.16 beta prepares to add authentication to purchases with Assistant, video previews in search results, and more [APK Teardown] was written by the awesome team at Android Police.