From June, Number of applications in Google Play Store It dropped below 1.7 million. This means that almost one million apps have been removed from the store compared to last year. This is a 55% drop from the peak of 3.8 million requests. In a statement in July, Google announced that it would ban risky and low-quality applications starting August 31. Clean up from Play Store He announced that he would start.

This move by Google is seen as a change from the days when Android Market competed with Apple’s iOS App Store in the race to be the platform with the most applications. Google aims to improve the quality of applications in the Play Store and reduce the number of applications with malware. Company, in the Android app store It wants to see ‘interactive, stable and responsive’ applications and will not allow applications that lack functionality.

Google’s new standard for high-quality apps

Googlelisted the “Four Pillars of Android App Quality” on its developer page: Core Value, User Experience, Technical Quality, and Privacy & Security. These guidelines emphasize that high-quality apps and games should provide user value, be enjoyable to use, take full advantage of premium devices, and be designed with security in mind.

An app that Google has removed from the Play Store It is important to note that it will not be automatically removed from your phone. This means that removing low-quality apps from Android phones requires users to manually uninstall the apps on their devices. Android usersApplications that do not meet the standards set by Google will have to be removed by Google themselves.