We dug into a recent version of the Play Store app (version 43.7.19-31) and discovered that Google will display a few cautionary messages for apps that are likely to be low-quality downloads.

Google has been purging apps from its Android app store, with around half culled in the past year. A new report from TechCrunch (using figures from Appfigures) notes that, from the start of 2024 ...

The Google Play Store now has an app quality warning. If an app has a potential issue with its overall quality, a yellow alert box on its Play Store page will inform you. Warnings include frequent ...

A new report has revealed that over a dozen malicious apps containing SpyLoan malware have been available on the Play Store. These apps have been downloaded by 8 million Android users, ...

Effective August 31, 2024, Google is updating its Spam and Minimal Functionality policy, raising the bar the apps must meet to be featured in the Play Store.Although, from the looks of things ...

Notably, the developer had a similar app on the Play Store with more than 100,000 downloads (archived link), but it has been removed now.

Not all apps are created equal. For every incredible, must-have app on the Play Store, there are dozens of low-effort, ad-ridden, useless options as well. There's a lot you can do yourself to try ...

The Google Play Store shed 1.8 million apps since the beginning of last year, according to an analysis from Appfigures and reported earlier by TechCrunch.That makes up around 47 percent of the 3.4 ...

Google Play Store may display app ratings by form factor directly on app listings. Device icons will show names and average star ratings, simplifying user experience. These changes may improve the ...

And, this is not just in India. Google has updated the maximum limit for apps in almost every region, as mentioned above. In US, users can now price their apps up to $999.99 starting from 99 cents.

Security researchers uncover 200 dangerous Play Store apps. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Update, Oct. 18, 2024: This story, originally published Oct. 15, ...