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.

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, ...

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 ...

On average, this store comprises 2,714,499 apps, with 3739 new apps being added regularly. However, if you have been hunting for a Google Play Store alternative, there are quite a lot to try out.

In a year-in-review announcement today, Google said Play Store app rejections went up 55 percent last year after the OS maker tightened up its app review process. Similarly, stats for app ...

Besides this app package list restriction, the Play Store also flags several other APIs as "sensitive," subjecting them to a closer review and requiring individual developers to justify their use ...

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 ...

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 ...

The official Google Play Store has been identified as the primary source of malware installs on Android devices in a recent academic study — considered the largest one of its kind carried out to ...

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 ...