Google plans to DELETE a load of Android apps next month in strict new purge

GOOGLE is cracking the whip on duff Android apps with plans for a mass purge of any deemed low quality.

The tech giant is clearing out the Google Play Store of any apps that don’t meet tough new standards.

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Google’s app store is thought to have more than 3million apps in total.

But some simply aren’t very good or useful.

These sorts of apps aren’t security threats but may turn out to be slow, buggy and crash.

And Google wants to purge them so there’s more top quality content on the platform.

In an update to developers, the firm said: “We’re updating the Spam and Minimum Functionality policy to ensure apps meet uplifted standards for the Play catalog and engage users through quality functionality and content user experiences.

“Apps should provide a stable, responsive, and engaging user experience.

“Apps that crash, do not have the basic degree of adequate utility as mobile apps, lack engaging content, or exhibit other behavior that is not consistent with a functional and engaging user experience are not allowed on Google Play.”

Apps with “limited functionality and content” will be banned.

This includes things apps that are static without app-specific functionalities, such as text only or PDF file apps, or apps with very little content.

Broken apps that crash or freeze will also be deleted once the new rules come into action.

Google has warned that the new rules will come into effect on August 31.

This only applies to apps hosted on Google Play.