{"id":265521,"date":"2018-06-22T09:05:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=265521"},"modified":"2018-06-22T09:05:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T07:05:38","slug":"google-launches-redesigned-account-hub-for-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/265521-google-launches-redesigned-account-hub-for-android.html","title":{"rendered":"Google launches redesigned account hub for Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/technology\/safety-security\/more-transparency-and-control-your-google-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>overhauled its account management experience<\/strong><\/a> for Android devices, offering a simpler and more intuitive interface.<\/p>\n<p>The new Google Account hub supports easier access to privacy and security options along with detailed summaries of information such as payment methods, subscriptions, and contact.<\/p>\n<p>Google has also added search functionality which lets users easily find settings menus and other information by typing their query into a built-in search bar.<\/p>\n<p>Users can also access a dedicated support section which offers assistance with common tasks like upgrading account storage and improving privacy settings.<\/p>\n<p>The new Data and Personalisation tab allows users to choose which types of activity data are saved to their account and access the Privacy Checkup wizard.<\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s overhauled Account hub is now available on Android and will launch on web and iOS later this year.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/265509-google-engineers-refused-to-build-security-tool-to-win-military-contracts.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google engineers refused to build security tool to win military contracts<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has overhauled its account management experience for Android devices, offering a simpler and more intuitive interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":265523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[397,35362,44949,51835],"class_list":["post-265521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-android","tag-google-account","tag-hub","tag-privacy-and-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}