This guide explains how to use the Play Age Signals API (beta) to retrieve age-related signals for users, how to notify Google Play of significant changes to your app that require parental approval, and how to be notified about revoked app approvals. These tools are designed to help you meet compliance obligations under certain age verification laws in jurisdictions like Texas, Utah, and Louisiana in the United States. Developers are responsible for ensuring their use of the API is compliant with all applicable regulations and Google Play policies.
See this help center article to learn more about the age verification laws, their requirements for developers, and timelines for each jurisdiction.
How to use Play Age Signals API (beta)
The following steps describe how the Play Age Signals API (beta) can be used:
- Your app calls the client-side Play Age Signals API.
- Your app receives a response from the Play Age Signals API.
- Your app may use the information provided in the response in accordance with the terms and guidelines provided in this documentation.
For more information, see Use Play Age Signals API (beta).
Terms and data safety
Terms of service
Last modified: October 2025
By using the Play Age Signals API, you agree to these terms in addition to the Google APIs Terms of Service ("API ToS").
You may only use information from the Play Age Signals API to provide age-appropriate content and experiences in compliance with laws. You may not use the Play Age Signals API for any other purpose including, but not limited to, advertising, marketing, user profiling, or analytics.
Use of the Play Age Signals API is limited to apps that are updated by Google Play and the information returned by the API can be used only by the requesting app.
Use of the Play Age Signals API for a prohibited purpose may result in termination of your API access and suspension or takedown of your apps from Google Play.
Google may make changes to these terms at any time with notice and will post notice of modifications to the terms at https://developer.android.com/google/play/age-signals/overview#terms-service. Changes will not be retroactive.
As a Google Play developer, you must adhere to the Developer Distribution Agreement and you are responsible for ensuring that your app complies with all Google Play developer policies.
Data safety
Google Play has a data safety section for developers to disclose their apps' data collection, sharing, and security practices. To help you complete the data safety section requirements, you can use the following information on how the Play Age Signals API handles data.
The Play Age Signals API is a runtime interface with the Google Play Store. As such, when you use Play Age Signals in your app, the Play Store runs its own processes, which include handling data as governed by the Google Play Terms of Service.
| Data collected on usage | No data is collected by the Play Age Signals client library. |
| Purpose of data collection | Not applicable. |
| Data encryption | Not applicable. |
| Data sharing | Not applicable. |
| Data deletion | Not applicable. |
You are solely responsible for deciding how to respond to Google Play's data safety section form regarding your app's user data collection, sharing, and security practices.