Google Launches Play Age Signals API for Online Safety Boost

Published Date : 11/3/2025 

Google has introduced the Play Age Signals API, a beta tool designed to help developers retrieve age-related signals for users, ensuring compliance with regional age verification laws. 

Google has published a comprehensive guide on how to use the beta version of its Play Age Signals API. This tool is designed to help developers retrieve age-related signals for users and perform a range of functions to enhance online safety and compliance with regional laws.

According to the official documentation, developers can request the user’s status and age range by calling the API from their app at runtime. The API then returns an age range based on the age bands defined by the applicable jurisdiction and regions.

The Play Age Signals API only returns data for users based in regions where Play is required by law to provide age category data. The default age ranges the API returns in applicable jurisdictions and regions are 0-12, 13-15, 16-17, and 18+, but these may vary based on regional requirements.

This new product is similar to Apple’s Declared Age Range API and is part of Google’s broader response to age verification and online safety laws in states like Texas, Utah, and Louisiana. It also includes a facial age estimation rollout in Google Play.

Google has also provided guidance on how to notify Google Play of significant changes to an app that require parental approval. When developers notify Google Play about a significant change, Play will raise an approval request to the parents of supervised users in the applicable jurisdictions and regions. The Play Age Signals API can be used to track the most recently approved significant change and the approval status of any pending significant changes.

Google’s data privacy policies dictate that developers may only use information from the Play Age Signals API to provide age-appropriate content and experiences in compliance with laws. Developers are prohibited from using the API for any other purposes, including advertising, marketing, user profiling, or analytics.

This initiative is part of Google’s ongoing commitment to enhancing online safety and ensuring that developers have the tools they need to comply with regional laws and regulations. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS): 

Q: What is the Play Age Signals API?

A: The Play Age Signals API is a beta tool provided by Google to help developers retrieve age-related signals for users, ensuring compliance with regional age verification laws.

Q: How does the Play Age Signals API work?

A: Developers can request the user’s status and age range by calling the API from their app at runtime. The API returns an age range based on the age bands defined by the applicable jurisdiction and regions.

Q: Which age ranges does the API provide?

A: The default age ranges provided by the API are 0-12, 13-15, 16-17, and 18+, but these may vary based on regional requirements.

Q: How does Google handle significant changes to an app that require parental approval?

A: When developers notify Google Play about a significant change, Play will raise an approval request to the parents of supervised users in the applicable jurisdictions and regions. The Play Age Signals API can be used to track the most recently approved significant change and the approval status of any pending significant changes.

Q: Are there any restrictions on how developers can use the Play Age Signals API?

A: Yes, developers may only use information from the Play Age Signals API to provide age-appropriate content and experiences in compliance with laws. They are prohibited from using the API for any other purposes, including advertising, marketing, user profiling, or analytics. 

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