Google to Pull the Plug on Low Quality Apps from Play Store

Google will remove apps from the Play Store that ruin the performance of Android on smartphones.

Time to change things up, Google. 

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Google’s Android superiority is well known to all of us, but if there’s one thing that Android needs, is an Apple-like quality standards for its apps.

But Google is ready to improve on that, by removing some apps from the Play Store that don’t rank as healthy, and eat up too much space and capability of Android phones.

Google's move comes after it realised that poorly-rated apps on Play Store were plagued by performance and stability issues.

Google Play Store gets flooded with numerous apps every day out of which, a lot of them consume a lot of battery, or end up severely limiting the use of the phone.

Apple is credited with a closed-ecosystem via iOS for iPhone and iPad, which brings out a mixed response among the community. Getting apps registered on the Apple store is more stringent than how its works on Android (many have benefited from that), but Google’s had it enough.

To make things better, Google has plans to overhaul its search and discovery algorithms which helps them reduce unnecessary bloatware from the Play Store. 

Google has promised to make Android lighter and efficient with the upcoming release of Android 8.0 or O in the market, and looks like removing the bloat from the apps store could be a promising start.

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