Google Currents

Sky Map Devs · com.google.android.apps.currents

3.6 out of 5 (19 ratings) 7.9M downloads v2.3.0 840 KB Android 2.2+ PEGI 12 · Low Maturity

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At a glance

Latest version: v2.3.0 (140231633)
Updated: Feb 6, 2015 (11 years ago)
APK size: 840 KB
Requires: Android 2.2+ (API 8)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: News & Magazines (app)
Permissions: 13 (2 sensitive)
Website: google.com/policies/privacy&sa=D
Developer contact: [email protected]

About this APK

Google Currents is an app by Sky Map Devs in the News & Magazines category. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 13 permissions, 2 of them sensitive: find accounts on the device and modify shared storage.

Ratings

3.6out of 519 ratings

5 ★32%
4 ★32%
3 ★21%
2 ★0%
1 ★16%

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What's new in v2.3.0

* Bug fixes

Description

From the listing uploaded by “thomas248”.

*** Check out Google Play Newsstand, the new app where you can enjoy all your favorite news and blogs—including your Currents subscriptions! *** Google Currents delivers beautiful magazine-like editions to your tablet and smartphone for high speed and offline reading. Features include: * Publisher editions - Publishers such as Forbes, The Guardian, TechCrunch, PBS, Saveur, and more have produced hundreds of editions including full length, in-depth articles, videos, fine photography, and slideshows. Editions are free - covering news, business, lifestyle, fashion, sports, science, technology, design, food, entertainment and more. * Fast scan - A new navigation mode lets you quickly swipe vertically to discover unread stories within an edition, swipe horizontally to move to the next edition within a category. Or, use the “sidebar” to jump ahead to a specific edition. * Breaking stories - Google Currents uses Google search technology to deliver the hottest breaking stories in categories such as world, entertainment, sports, science, and more. As you travel to different countries, additional breaking stories are added to match your location. * Saved stories - Run across an in-depth article that you want to read later, or a special recipe you want to keep? Star any story to be saved for later, in your personal Saved stories edition. * Your favorite blogs and feeds - Instantly, turn your Google Reader subscriptions, or any of your favorite blogs/feeds into a beautiful edition with a magazine feel. * Translate - Currents uses Google translate technology to translate editions into a preferred language of your choice. 44 languages are supported. * Widget - Immediately see fresh news on your android home screen with the Google Currents widget. Each edition is available for high speed offline reading, and provides quick-touch sharing. Google Currents self-adapts to differently sized phones and tablets, with subscriptions synchronized across devices. Google Currents - a reading experience not to be missed. Named by New York Times, The Next Web, SlashGear and more as a top 10 Android app.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Google, Inc” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature not verified Nov 9, 2021
Antivirus scan passed Nov 16, 2020
Tested by the source store's staff Aug 9, 2018
Signed byCN=Unknown, OU="Google, Inc", O="Google, Inc", L=Mountain View, ST=CA, C=US
Signing certificate (SHA-1)24:BB:24:C0:5E:47:E0:AE:FA:68:A5:8A:76:61:79:D9:B6:13:A6:00
File MD5cc0487d59a0396277b314fa96012c941
Uploaded by “thomas248” 852 followers · uploading since 2015

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Permissions (13)

Google Currents requests 13 permissions, 2 of them sensitive.

Find accounts on the device Sensitive android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Manage accounts android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Push messaging (app-defined) com.google.android.apps.currents.permission.C2D_MESSAGE
Read Google service settings com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
Read sync settings android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
Read sync stats android.permission.READ_SYNC_STATS
Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Use credentials android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Write sync settings android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS

Required hardware & features

Touchscreen android.hardware.touchscreen

Google Currents APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the Google Currents APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is cc0487d59a0396277b314fa96012c941.