AI Powers Decline in Malicious Google Play Apps, Google Reports
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Google Play Store Sees Decline in Malicious Apps, Credits AI and Stricter Rules
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Moneycontrol•20-02-2026, 12:45
Google Play Store Sees Decline in Malicious Apps, Credits AI and Stricter Rules
•Google reports a significant drop in policy-violating apps and banned developer accounts on the Play Store in 2025.
•The company attributes this success to tougher verification rules, mandatory pre-review checks, and expanded AI-driven review systems.
•Google prevented 1.75 million policy-violating apps from publication and banned over 80,000 developer accounts in 2025.
•AI models are helping human reviewers detect complex malicious patterns faster, with over 10,000 safety checks per app.
•Despite Play Store improvements, threats are shifting outside the platform, with Google Play Protect identifying 27 million new malicious non-Play Store apps in 2025.
