What’s new for web apps in Play

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Bubblewrap now auto-downloads external deps, improves prompts and validation, and produces 800K smaller binaries plus optional app bundles (required H2 2021). Trusted Web Activity quality criteria change in Chrome 86 makes web errors delegate to the Android app for three cases (relationship validation, offline dino, 404/500); Workbox strategies are recommended. Chrome 88 enables Play Billing via the Digital Goods API and Payment Request integration; Chromebooks gain TWA installability from Chrome 85.

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1. 0:00Introduction to new features
2. 0:33Bubble wrap improvements
3. 1:21Geolocation permission handling
4. 1:43Optimizing app binaries
5. 2:13Updating existing apps
6. 2:42Quality criteria changes
7. 3:45Browser support expansion
8. 4:11Play billing integration
9. 4:44Configuring digital goods
10. 8:35Chromebooks and closing

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