Why many google apps are not compatible with the new Acer Iconia 7 tablet?
It was an unpleasant surprise: just bought two Acer Iconia One 7 (B1-770) tablets for my kids as Xmas presents, plus two google play giftcards, just to discover that "the device is not compatible" on play.google for the games they wanted (like Minecraft Pocket Edition and Five Nights at Freddy's - both paid apps.) I don't think it makes sense - the same apps show as compatible with all my devices, including the ancient Kobo Vox, when accessed from my google account. So this rules out "not compatible because of the home country" restriction. I can't see how the decently-spec'ed (1GB RAM, 4-core CPU) Acer can be incompatible while Kobo Vox is (0.5GB of RAM) from the technical spec perspective.
I just added my Paypal account to one of the kids accounts as a payment method, so a lack of a in-app ability for payment is not an issue.
What else can be at play here? How can one see the reason the app is being refused? Apparently as recently as 2 years ago the web-based google playground would have an "+" sign next the the "not compatible" statement, which would show you the reason when clicked. Apparently not anymore.
I just added my Paypal account to one of the kids accounts as a payment method, so a lack of a in-app ability for payment is not an issue.
What else can be at play here? How can one see the reason the app is being refused? Apparently as recently as 2 years ago the web-based google playground would have an "+" sign next the the "not compatible" statement, which would show you the reason when clicked. Apparently not anymore.