Apple the other day revealed a strategy to adhere to a Texas age confirmation law and alerted that modifications needed by the law will decrease personal privacy for app users.

“Beginning January 1, 2026, a new state law in Texas—SB2420—introduces age assurance requirements for app marketplaces and developers,” Apple stated the other day in a post for designers. “While we share the goal of strengthening kids’ online safety, we are concerned that SB2420 impacts the privacy of users by requiring the collection of sensitive, personally identifiable information to download any app, even if a user simply wants to check the weather or sports scores.”

The Texas App Store Accountability Act needs app shops to validate users’ ages and enforces limitations on those under 18. Apple stated that designers will have “to adopt new capabilities and modify behavior within their apps to meet their obligations under the law.”

Apple’s post kept in mind that comparable laws will work later on in 2026 in Utah and Louisiana. Google likewise just recently revealed prepare for adhering to the 3 state laws and stated the brand-new requirements lower user personal privacy.

“While we have user privacy and trust concerns with these new verification laws, Google Play is designing APIs, systems, and tools to help you meet your obligations,” Google informed designers in an undated post.

The Utah law is arranged to work May 7, 2026, while the Louisiana law will work July 1, 2026. The Texas, Utah, and Louisiana “laws impose significant new requirements on many apps that may need to provide age appropriate experiences to users in these states,” Google stated. “These requirements include ingesting users’ age ranges and parental approval status for significant changes from app stores and notifying app stores of significant changes.”

New includes for Texas

Apple and Google both revealed brand-new functions to assist designers comply.

“Once this law goes into effect, users located in Texas who create a new Apple Account will be required to confirm whether they are 18 years or older,” Apple stated. “All new Apple Accounts for users under the age of 18 will be required to join a Family Sharing group, and parents or guardians will need to provide consent for all App Store downloads, app purchases, and transactions using Apple’s In-App Purchase system by the minor.”