Play Protect’s Comedy of Errors: The Tale of Falsely Flagged Samsung Apps

When Google Play Protect flexed its muscles, it flagged Samsung’s Wallet and Messages apps as malware. Seems like a case of mistaken identity! Thanks to a ‘temporary Google server failure’, users were stuck between a digital rock and hard place. But fear not, the “Google Play Protect Errors” saga has a happy ending: it’s all fixed now.

Published: Added: October 24, 2023 at 12:10 pmAssembled by: J J
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So, Google Play Protect decided to flex its muscles and show Android users it's not just for show by flagging two of Samsung's system apps, Samsung Wallet and Samsung Messages. But alas, it seems like Play Protect might need glasses because it mistakenly identified these harmless apps as malware. Talk about a 'false positive'! Don't worry, though, Samsung has assured everyone that the issue was due to a 'temporary failure of the Google server' and is now fixed. So, let's all get back to our regular programming of ignoring Play Protect's existence, shall we?

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