The latest innovation, as discovered in an Android Authority APK teardown, is to force a user to enter a device PIN or complete a biometric unlock before a potentially suspicious new app is installed. This could be a Play Store app that has flagged a warning, or more likely an app downloaded from elsewhere.

When you install an app from the Google Play Store, you get the option to either open or uninstall the app. But that might soon change, as Google is reportedly testing a new feature that will automatically launch the app as soon as it is installed on the device.

Google Play Store is testing a new feature called App Auto Open, designed to automatically launch apps after they are installed. This optional feature will notify users via a banner and can be toggled on or off.

A new report sees Google working on a Play Store feature that would automatically launch apps after they're installed.

In a world of protests and threats to dissidents, lawyers, campaigners and journalists, to say nothing of territories that have clamped down on certain apps and platforms, VPNs are a lifeline. While places like China and Iran block apps at will, VPNs are the reason users in those countries can still get through.

Google is working adding a new feature to the Play Store that will open apps automatically after they are installed.