{"id":493,"date":"2017-09-27T10:40:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.glasswire.com\/?p=493"},"modified":"2022-10-11T08:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:13:26","slug":"glasswire-data-usage-for-android-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glasswire.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/27\/glasswire-data-usage-for-android-update\/","title":{"rendered":"GlassWire Data Usage for Android Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.glasswire.android\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-494 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.glasswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/darkskins_blog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"652\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glasswire.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/darkskins_blog.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.glasswire.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/darkskins_blog-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.glasswire.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/darkskins_blog-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.glasswire.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/darkskins_blog-1024x512.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re excited to say we just released an update for our popular <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.glasswire.android\">GlassWire Data Usage app for Android<\/a>.&nbsp; 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