“Every year, we continue to invest in more ways to protect our community and fight bad actors, so users can trust the apps they download from Google Play and developers can build thriving ...

Google has removed almost half of the apps from the Google Play Store in the last year or so. That’s actually good news, though, as the company wanted to ditch low-quality and spammy apps.

He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Google is quietly building key features of its Play Games app, which lets you track achievements on Android games, directly into the ...

Google today previewed upcoming safety features coming to Google Play and Android apps in 2025. Google Play Protect’s live threat detection already works to warn users about stalkerware (or ...

Although all of these apps have since been removed from Google Play, there's a significant risk that Vapor will return through new apps as the threat actors have already demonstrated the ability ...

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 ...

“I recently shared our ambition to unlock these features first with the Google Play Store on Android devices in the U.S. while other app stores adapt to meet consumer demand,” she ...

As an open-source platform, Android has always been a Wild West of sorts regarding apps. Apple requires app makers to meet rigorous standards before apps can be published in the App Store; for ...

Google Play is adding a new button that lets users ask someone else to pay for an app or in-app item. This creates a payment link that users can send to a friend or family member via their ...

Google also blocked 333,000 Google Play developer accounts that were found uploading malware and fraudulent apps or repeatedly violating its policies. This number is almost double what was in 2022 ...