User Messaging Platform (UMP) SDK release notes

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) SDK has progressed through multiple versions, with version 3.1.0 introducing support for testing with regulated US states.

• Version 3.0.0 of the SDK increased the minimum Android API level to 21, enhanced privacy message rendering, and officially released the ads personalization controls message.

• In version 2.1.0, the requestConsentInfoUpdate() call became mandatory before interacting with other APIs and introduced helper methods to streamline the consent gathering process.

• Version 2.0.0 and 1.0.0 marked significant milestones, with the removal of the ConsentInformation.ConsentType and the general audience release of the UMP SDK, respectively.

Version	Release Date	Notes
3.2.0	2025-03-24	Added internal functionality to call Firebase consent APIs when consent mode support is configured through Privacy & messaging.
3.1.0	2024-10-30	To support testing with regulated US states, added the following options to ConsentDebugSettings.DebugGeography: DEBUG_GEOGRAPHY_REGULATED_US_STATE DEBUG_GEOGRAPHY_REGULATED_OTHER Deprecated DEBUG_GEOGRAPHY_NOT_EEA. Use DEBUG_GEOGRAPHY_OTHER instead.
3.0.0	2024-07-11	Increased the minimum Android API level to 21. Updated canRequestAds to return true when the app has no privacy messages configured. Improved privacy message rendering behavior during orientation changes. Fixed a bug where privacy messages did not cover the full screen for apps displaying edge-to-edge content. Official release version for the ads personalization controls message.
2.2.0	2024-01-24	Removed all use of Advertising ID. Emulators are now automatically recognized as test devices when testing UMP forms.
2.1.0	2023-07-24	This release introduces several new APIs to simplify the consent gathering process. Adopting these new APIs is not required for existing integrations. Calling requestConsentInfoUpdate() is now required before interacting with other public APIs. Before calling it, the following are returned: ConsentStatus returns ConsentStatus.UNKNOWN PrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus returns PrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus.UNKNOWN ConsentInformation.canRequestAds returns false Added a helper method canRequestAds(). Added a static method UserMessagingPlatform.loadAndShowConsentFormIfRequired() to combine load and show calls. This method is intended for the use case of showing a form if needed when the app starts. Privacy Options Added getPrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus() to indicate whether privacy options are required to be shown in this session. Added a static method showPrivacyOptionsForm() to be called when users interact with your app's privacy setting. Enabled hardware acceleration on the consent form's window to improve performance of the consent form in game engines such as Unity.
2.0.0	2021-07-12	Removed the ConsentInformation.ConsentType IntDef and the ConsentInformation.getConsentType() method.
1.0.0	2020-07-07	General Audience release of the Google UMP SDK.