In a year-in-review announcement today, Google said Play Store app rejections went up 55% last year after the OS maker tightened up its app review process.Similarly, stats for app suspensions also went up, by more than 66%, according to Google, which the company credited to its continued investment in "automated protections and human review processes that play critical roles in identifying and enforcing on bad apps."One of the most significant roles in the automated systems cited by Google in identifying malware is the Google Play Protect service, which is currently included by default with the official Play Store app.Google said this service now scans over 50 billion apps per day, and even goes as far as downloading and scanning every Android app it finds on the internet.This includes apps hosted on third-party stores, a small detail that now helps Google show malware warnings to users when they download and attempt to install apps from outside the official Play Store. Google's … [Read more...] about Google Play Store app rejections up 55% from last year, app suspensions up 66%
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Google Play Store app rejections went up 55% last year
Google says it’s stepping up its efforts to prevent malicious apps from reaching Android smartphones, tablets, and other devices. In a blog post today, Andrew Ahn, product manager at Google Play, said the Mountain View company would continue to improve the automated systems that help root out unscrupulous developers in the Google Play Store, and that it would enhance the backend tools its human moderators use to identify harmful app contents and behaviors. “Google Play is committed to providing a secure and safe platform for billions of Android users on their journey discovering and experiencing the apps they love and enjoy,” Ahn wrote. “To deliver against this commitment, we worked last year to improve our abuse detection technologies and systems, and significantly increased our team of product managers, engineers, policy experts, and operations leaders to fight against bad actors.” Google revealed that in 2018, in part thanks to Google Play Protect … [Read more...] about Google Play Store app rejections went up 55% last year
Over 500,000 Google Play Store users installed malware-ridden apps from a single creator
In brief: According to security researcher Lukas Stefanko, 13 now-removed malware-ridden Google Play Store apps -- all created by the same individual -- had been installed by over 560,000 Android users. A few of the apps were even promoted within the Play Store's "Trending" section. It's no secret that Google's Play Store isn't the best-policed app store out there. Malicious and nonfunctional apps appear on the store regularly, and they don't always get removed in a timely manner. This has become even more clear today, as security researcher Lukas Stefanko has revealed that 13 now-removed Android apps, downloaded by over 560,000 users, contained malware. These apps were all masquerading as various Car Simulator games, taking advantage of misleading thumbnails and supposed in-game screenshots to entice users to download them. According to Stefanko, two of the 13 apps managed to make their way to the Trending section of the Google Play Store, which likely boosted their download numbers … [Read more...] about Over 500,000 Google Play Store users installed malware-ridden apps from a single creator
Xioami’s Poco Launcher in the Google Play Store will soon be out of beta
Back in August, Xiaomi unveiled a new phone and brand for the Indian market that it now dominates. The Pocophone F1 features a 6.2-inch LCD screen carrying a resolution of 1080 x 2246. Under the hood is the current top-of-the-line Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform, and the phone is equipped with 6/8GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB/256GB of native storage. The device features an AI dual camera setup in back, a 20MP front-facing camera, and a 4000mAh battery. Pricing starts as shockingly low as the equivalent of $300 USD.While the device is not being offered in the U.S., the phone's Poco Launcher can be installed from the Google Play Store where the app will soon be out of beta. Any phone running Android 5.0 and up can load the app, and over half a million devices have installed it to date. Some of the features include a way to group your apps by color coding, making them faster to find. Apps can also be grouped by category automatically, or you can create custom groups to help find them.If you … [Read more...] about Xioami’s Poco Launcher in the Google Play Store will soon be out of beta
Apple App Store generated 94% more revenue globally than the Google Play Store during Q3
The Apple App Store had a remarkable calendar third quarter, especially compared to the Google Play Store. According to Sensor Tower, from July through September, the App Store took in $12 billion in revenue worldwide. Not only was that up a solid 23.3% from the third quarter of 2017, it was 94% higher than the $6.2 billion that the Google Play Store raked in during the same three month period. For the Play Store, that was a 21.5% increase from the 2017 third quarter gross. Total revenues of $18.2 billion between the two stores resulted in a 22.7% bump from the $14.8 billion they achieved together in the third quarter of 2017.The number of app downloads on iOS and Android during the third quarter rose 10.9% year-over-year to 27.1 billion globally, up from last year's 24.4 billion installs. Thanks to the increase in low-cost Android device sales in developing countries, app downloads from the Google Play Store totaled 19.5 billion, well above the 7.6 billion apps installed from the App … [Read more...] about Apple App Store generated 94% more revenue globally than the Google Play Store during Q3