Google is increasing its minimum quality requirements for Android apps and will soon remove those that do not meet expectations from the Play Store. According to the company Last update of the anti-spam policyApps that demonstrate “limited functionality and content” — such as text-only apps, apps with only one wallpaper, or those that are literally designed to do nothing at all — will no longer be allowed on the Play Store starting August 31.
These are in addition to existing restrictions that banned broken apps that don't respond, fail to install, crash, or otherwise behave abnormally. Google says Additional requirements have been added to “ensure that apps can meet the high standards of the Play catalog and engage users through quality functionality.”
Google has made previous efforts to better control the apps hosted on its Play Store. As noted by Android Authorityas much as 2.28 million apps were blocked Google also said it had banned 333,000 “bad” accounts from Google Play that same year for repeated serious policy violations and concerns related to fraud and malware.
