Google Play Protect unifies security features in Android; server-side update starts rolling-out

Google Play Protect was announced at Google I/O in May, but missed headlines at the time because of it being just a rebrand of Android’s security features. Google announced Play Protect back at Google I/O 2017 in May. Based on a report by GSMArena, the feature started rolling out immediately, however, garnered attention only last month when ‘Verify Apps’ was rebranded as ‘Protect’ in the Google settings menu. Google Chrome browser’s Safe Browsing ability is now included inside the Play Protect banner apart from Google’s ‘Find My Device’ functionality which allows users to remotely detect a device, lock it and put a note on its screen.