iOS Update: Google Docs, Calendar Now Have 'Nutrition Labels'

After three months, Google has finally continued a painfully slow rollout of new updates needed to its very own flagship iOS apps.

This would include Apple's new mandated privacy "nutrition" labels. Basically, there are a lot of new things now for the iOS version of a number of apps aside from just Google.

Google Apps update for iOS

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According to an article by Apple Insider, the new versions of the Google Docs as well as the Google Calendar for the iOS were recently just released along with a number of bug fixes as well as performance improvements.

These updates and revisions follow a seemingly long hiatus since there has been movement with these apps as the last recorded update was in December as well as November of the previous year.

With the brand new updates, Google has just furnished new information regarding the collection of data from users, the details that are currently displayed on the app's given App Store pages, and a few more things. The revision for Google Docs as well as Google Calendar (as seen on their Apple pages), follow Gmail, which was also just recently revised.

Google updates apps for Apple privacy requirements

All three of the apps reportedly collect as well as link users directly towards general information like the user's location, search history, data usage, contact information, and a number of other metrics. As of today, App Store postings are considered the latest inclusion in the string of new updates coming from Google.

Due to the delay, the tech giant was actually accused of intentionally doing so in order to skirt a newly adopted App Store feature that would require developers to be able to provide some insight into just how their apps would leverage user data.

The slow update, for those that have been paying attention, is a little bit too slow for Google's taste and doesn't normally happen. This is the reason why suspicion has been building around Google's delay for its updates.

Google 'nutrition' labels

In response to criticism, Google said back in January that the company actually planned to release new updates along with the requisite privacy called "nutrition" labels some time "soon."

While the company was indeed able to issue revisions towards their minor apps, for the major titles like Gmail, these apps sat idle for a number of months.

Apple's new app privacy labels are expected to roll out in December and also call on other app makers to divulge how the data that they are collecting either by themselves or possibly through a third party is used and to what extent.

Similar to those past App Store policies, apps will also be allowed to remain on the storefront even without publishing the privacy labels, though the upcoming new rules are expected to go in effect once these updates have finally been submitted.