Google says its AI systems helped deter Play Store malware in 2025
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Google's 2025 Android app ecosystem safety report shows a decline in policy-violating apps published to Google Play (1.75M blocked in 2025 vs. 2.36M in 2024), fewer banned developer accounts, and increased detections of malicious non-Play Store apps by Google Play Protect; the company attributes the improvements to AI-driven, multi-layer defenses and plans further AI investments in 2026.
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