Deprecation of app approval in managed Google Play and its impact on MaaS360 app management

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Customer impact

• Administrators are no longer required to approve permissions when adding Managed Google Play apps to the App Catalog. In the previous releases, it was mandatory for administrators to approve permissions in order for those apps to be distributed to Android Enterprise devices. Effective 10.87, the Approve Permissions window is no longer displayed when adding the apps to the App Catalog.
  

• Since the disparity between approved and unapproved apps is removed, unapproved apps that were previously deployed to Android Enterprise devices will now be available for those devices. In the previous releases, the unapproved apps could be deployed to Device Admin devices only.
• In the previous releases, the distribution count for unapproved apps accounted only for Device Admin devices. Effective 10.87, Android Enterprise devices will also be considered for app distribution count.
• The pending app permission icon is no longer displayed in the list view and the app summary view.
  
• Auto-import of approved apps from the Managed Google Play Store to the MaaS360 portal is no longer supported. As a result, the Import Approved Android Enterprise Apps option will not be displayed in the Settings > App Settings > Basic > Android Enterprise Settings.
  
• The Import Approved Android Enterprise Apps option will not be displayed while binding the Managed Google Play Account through Setup > Services > Mobile Device Management > Enable Android Enterprise Solution Set.
  
• The Approved For Android Enterprise column will not be available in the App list view.
  
• Google Play stops generating EMM notifications for events such as new app updates and OEM/App config template changes. MaaS360 will run a batch job to pull information about the latest events from the managed Google Play Store. When new events are available in the Play Store, it can take up to a week for the app's data to refresh in MaaS360 App Catalog.