Making the Internet safer and faster: Introducing reCAPTCHA Android API
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Thursday, June 08, 2017
When we launched reCAPTCHA ten years ago, we had a simple goal: enable users to visit the sites
they love without worrying about spam and abuse. Over the years, reCAPTCHA has changed quite a
bit. It evolved from the distorted text to
street numbers
and names, then
No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA
in 2014 and Invisible reCAPTCHA in March this year.
By now, more than a billion users have benefited from reCAPTCHA and we continue to work to refine
our protections.
reCAPTCHA protects users wherever they may be online. As the use of mobile devices has grown
rapidly, it's important to keep the mobile applications and data safe. Today, on reCAPTCHA's tenth
birthday, we're glad to announce the first reCAPTCHA
Android API
as part of Google Play Services.
With this API, reCAPTCHA can better tell human and bots apart to provide a streamlined user
experience on mobile. It will use our newest Invisible reCAPTCHA technology, which runs risk
analysis behind the scene and has enabled millions of human users to pass through with zero click
everyday. Now mobile users can enjoy their apps without being interrupted, while still staying
away from spam and abuse.
reCAPTCHA Android API is included with Google
SafetyNet,
which provides services like device attestation and safe browsing to protect mobile apps. Mobile
developers can do both the device and user attestations in the same API to mitigate security risks
of their apps more efficiently. This adds to the
diversity of security protections
on Android:
Google Play Protect
to monitor for potentially harmful applications, device encryption, and regular security updates.
Please
visit our site
to learn more about how to integrate with the reCAPTCHA Android API, and keep an eye out for our
iOS library.
The journey of reCAPTCHA continues: we'll make the Internet safer and easier to use for everyone
(except bots).
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["\u003cp\u003ereCAPTCHA, launched 10 years ago, aims to protect users from spam and abuse online.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eGoogle is introducing the first reCAPTCHA Android API to enhance mobile security and user experience.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe new API leverages Invisible reCAPTCHA technology for seamless user flow and risk analysis.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003ereCAPTCHA Android API integrates with Google SafetyNet, offering robust app protection alongside device and user attestation.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eGoogle continues to refine and expand reCAPTCHA's capabilities to make the internet safer for everyone.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["reCAPTCHA, launched ten years prior, has evolved from distorted text to the current Invisible reCAPTCHA. On its tenth anniversary, the first reCAPTCHA Android API was announced as part of Google Play Services. This API utilizes Invisible reCAPTCHA technology to differentiate between humans and bots, providing a seamless mobile user experience. It's included in Google SafetyNet, enabling device and user attestation. This new API aims to keep mobile apps safe from spam and abuse, by providing a streamlined user experience.\n"],null,["# Making the Internet safer and faster: Introducing reCAPTCHA Android API\n\nThursday, June 08, 2017\n\n\nWhen we launched reCAPTCHA ten years ago, we had a simple goal: enable users to visit the sites\nthey love without worrying about spam and abuse. Over the years, reCAPTCHA has changed quite a\nbit. It evolved from the distorted text to\n[street numbers](https://security.googleblog.com/2014/04/street-view-and-recaptcha-technology.html)\nand names, then\n[No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA](https://security.googleblog.com/2014/12/are-you-robot-introducing-no-captcha.html)\nin 2014 and Invisible reCAPTCHA in March this year.\n\n\nBy now, more than a billion users have benefited from reCAPTCHA and we continue to work to refine\nour protections.\n\n\nreCAPTCHA protects users wherever they may be online. As the use of mobile devices has grown\nrapidly, it's important to keep the mobile applications and data safe. Today, on reCAPTCHA's tenth\nbirthday, we're glad to announce the first reCAPTCHA\n[Android API](https://developer.android.com/training/safetynet/recaptcha)\nas part of Google Play Services.\n\n\nWith this API, reCAPTCHA can better tell human and bots apart to provide a streamlined user\nexperience on mobile. It will use our newest Invisible reCAPTCHA technology, which runs risk\nanalysis behind the scene and has enabled millions of human users to pass through with zero click\neveryday. Now mobile users can enjoy their apps without being interrupted, while still staying\naway from spam and abuse.\n\n\nreCAPTCHA Android API is included with Google\n[SafetyNet](https://developer.android.com/training/safetynet/index),\nwhich provides services like device attestation and safe browsing to protect mobile apps. Mobile\ndevelopers can do both the device and user attestations in the same API to mitigate security risks\nof their apps more efficiently. This adds to the\n[diversity of security protections](https://security.googleblog.com/2017/03/diverse-protections-for-diverse.html)\non Android:\n[Google Play Protect](https://blog.google/products/android/google-play-protect/)\nto monitor for potentially harmful applications, device encryption, and regular security updates.\nPlease\n[visit our site](/recaptcha/docs/versions)\nto learn more about how to integrate with the reCAPTCHA Android API, and keep an eye out for our\niOS library.\n\n\nThe journey of reCAPTCHA continues: we'll make the Internet safer and easier to use for everyone\n(except bots).\n\nPosted by Wei Liu, Product Manager, reCAPTCHA"]]
