Third-party video player popularly preferred to operating systems such as Windows and Android VLC Player, has been facing an unexpected blockage in recent months. The VLC Android application, which has been downloaded more than 100 million times on the Google Play Store, has not received updates since last summer. Its developer blames Google.
Why isn’t the VLC Android app updated?
VLC, which stands for VideoLAN Client; has been available on Android for over a decade. More than 100 million downloads on Play Store It has become an essential application for many users. However, users have begun to complain about the lack of updates in recent months.
It is noteworthy that there have been no updates on the Google Play Store since last summer. developer company VideoLAN made a new statement on the subject. The developer said that they did not want to implement some restrictions imposed by Google and stated that updates were not allowed.
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VideoLAN used important statements to shed light on the impasse with Google. He said he wanted access to signing keys specific to Google’s VLC app. However, this could jeopardize the independent and open source nature of the project.
For those who don’t know, signing keys are used to verify that app updates come from official sources. However, handing them over to Google is against VideoLAN’s policies.
Google also has some conditions in Android APIs for applications to receive updates. Although VLC provides updates to Android 11 and previous Android TV versions, this causes some problems on Google’s side. VideoLAN said there are tens of millions of people still using older Android TVs, so it prefers to give updates to older systems.
An agreement has not yet been reached between the two companies. This means VLC users may have to install updates from sources other than the Play Store.