[Software] Google Play requires that app updates have at least Android 10

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The official application platform Google Play has begun to require developers to update their applications with the Android 10 operating system or later versions.

   Google Play began to demand last August that the new applications published on the platform be developed at least for Android 10, the version of the mobile system launched last year by Google, and that since September it already has Android 11 as successor.

   Now, the company has increased the requirements of the Google Play application update API to level 29, so that apps that have versions prior to Android 10 will not be able to be updated either, as reported by XDA Developers.

   In the event that they do not update their applications, the developers risk not being able to disseminate their 'software' through Google Play. This measure is aimed at improving the adoption of recent versions of Android in the global ecosystem.

According to the latest data, released in April and as collected by 9to5Google, only 8.2 percent of devices certified by Google used Android 10, while the previous version, Android 9 Pie, was present in 31.3 percent.