Google's hush-hush Mobile Meter app reportedly offers compensation for data

Even as Google updated its Terms of Services to make sure you understand better how it uses your data, the Internet giant seems to be prepping yet another service that will dig in deeper into how you use your apps. A new mobile service to monitor app usage and also compensate users seems to be in works at Google.

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The feature is reportedly opt-in and completely voluntary. After keeping mum about it for a while, Google has been telling The Verge that while such analysis is being conducted as part of its Screenwise Market programme and is completely opt-in, it has currently no plans to extend it to consumers at last as of now. This was not a new programme it said.

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Given the hush-hush existence of such a programme, it would be interesting to see how Google will handle it in case it decides to roll out Mobile Meter to a wider audience. Not only will Google get to go beyond the data it already collects from all the Android phones that exist right now, the compensatory bit will make it worthwhile for users to let Google a little more into their lives. The report by Engadget does suggest that the data collected will be completely anonymous, making Mobile Meter worth a shot.