Google introduced manual pre-moderation of applications on Google Play

Google has introduced mandatory pre-moderation of Android applications entering the Google Play store. She reported this on her official blog .

According to the search giant, from now on all applications will be included in the Google Play store only after being checked for violations and viruses, just as it happens in Apple's App Store.

A team of experts has been created specifically for the new procedure to identify violations of our developer policies early in the application life cycle.

from Google blog

As TechCrunch notes, in reality the new pre-moderation system has been operating for about two months, but Google made an official announcement only when all its mechanisms were fully debugged.

According to the publication, the implementation process turned out to be so smooth that none of the developers noticed it: not a single complaint about delays was received during the test period. Unlike the App Store, the moderation team will not check all programs, but only those in which the automation will find suspicious elements.

Whatever the machines can catch today, they will catch. As soon as people's help is needed, they will step into action.

Purnima Kochikar, Director of Business Development, Google Play

According to Google representatives, their automation can not only find viruses in programs, but also copyright violations and pornographic content, and also allows them to publish applications “in a matter of hours,” rather than days and weeks, as happens with Apple.

In addition to the pre-moderation system, age ratings from ESRB, PEGI and other systems adopted in different countries will also appear on Google Play. To qualify for the badge, developers will need to take a test and answer questions about the content of their app.

Google has been criticized for years for the lack of quality control of applications in Google Play and the presence of various viruses and Trojans in the stores, but Apple’s manual verification has also not shown its best side during this time - sometimes developers in the App Store approve new programs and updates to old ones for weeks.

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