B ack in July, Google invited myself and other members of the press to an event centered around the Play Store. In addition to showcasing its new Collections widget, much of the d

Live threat detection was one of the standouts when Android 15 was trailed earlier this year. Using on-device AI, the idea is that users will be warned in real time if an app is exhibiting potentially malicious behavior, before it’s flagged across the board by Play Protect.

Your AI Fashion Stylist has topped the chart in both the best mobile app and the best fun app categories in India.

Google can’t really have it both ways—either Play Protect is critical or it isn’t. It’s the default response from Google when new malware strikes, telling users to make sure it’s enabled. That protection falls away if it’s seen as the norm to disable it when an app can’t get through. How then does a user know what is dangerous and what isn’t.

Google India unveiled the 'Best of 2024' Play Store awards, celebrating innovative apps and games. Indian developers shone, securing five out of seven

Google Play Store may introduce a Smart Resume feature for interrupted downloads. Smart Resume would retain temporary files for 24 hours for resuming interrupted downloads. Users can pause and resume app downloads with Smart Resume if they have 5GB free space.

The Google Play Store could add a feature that allows you to pick whether you want a game to auto-install on any network or only Wi-Fi.

With 2024 winding down soon, Google Play today named the best Android apps and games of the year. These lists are

Every year, Google announces the best apps and games from the Android Play Store, and the list for 2024 has been announced. This year, the title for the best app goes to Alle in India and Partiful in the US, and the title of the best game of 2023 goes to Squad Busters in India and Chinese studio FARLIGHT’s AFK Journey in the US.