The tech giant chalked up its success in keeping the Play Store clean to initiatives like developer verification as well as ...

Google has announced that with the help of AI, it blocked 1.75 million apps that violated its policies in 2025, significantly ...

That's less than previous years, but still a worryingly high number ...

Google said it prevented 1.75 million bad apps from going live on Google Play during 2025, a figure that's down from previous ...

Google shared a recap of 2025 in the world of Android and Google Play security. Huge numbers are thrown around. 27 million. 20 billion. 1.75 million. See, lots of numbers. As consumers, all we need to ...

Google is using AI to block millions of harmful apps, crush scam tactics, and strengthen Play Protect, making Android safer.

Google used AI-driven review systems to block 1.75 million policy-violating apps and ban 80,000 developer accounts in 2025, expanding Play Store and Android security enforcement.

Do not keep these apps. Republished on August 30 with new deletion update for Play Store apps. Google has now confirmed the deletion of 77 malicious apps from Play Store. But this is just the tip of ...

Google says that through 2025, it blocked more than 255,000 Android apps from obtaining excessive access to sensitive user ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. The team has found “172 targeted applications,” which include “banks, ...