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Tips from Android Dev Summit 2022: How to scale made-for-mobile apps to ChromeOS
Tips from Android Dev Summit 2022: How to scale made-for-mobile apps to ChromeOS

09 December 2022

Posted by Patrick Fuentes, Developer Relations Engineer, Google ChromeOS People’s appetite for apps on larger screens is growing fast. In...


Boosting developer success on Google Play
Boosting developer success on Google Play

16 March 2021

Posted by Sameer Samat, VP, Product Management Helping developers build sustainable businesses is a core part of Google Play’s missi...


Celebrating the Developers Behind the Best Apps and Games of 2020
Celebrating the Developers Behind the Best Apps and Games of 2020

30 November 2020

Posted by Posted by Purnima Kochikar, Director, Business Development, Games & Applications Today, we announced Googl...


Further tales from the leading edge and beyond: more Apps, Games, & Insights podcast episodes
Further tales from the leading edge and beyond: more Apps, Games, & Insights podcast episodes

26 October 2020

Posted by Lily Sheringham, Global Marketing, Platforms & Ecosystems We are launching the second series of the Apps, Game...


Promoting high-quality, teacher-approved kids content on Google Play
Promoting high-quality, teacher-approved kids content on Google Play

15 April 2020

Posted by Michael Watson, Product Manager, Google Play With more kids spending time at home, parents are looking for ways to find apps ...


Unveiling expert insights in our new podcast series: Apps, Games, & Insights
Unveiling expert insights in our new podcast series: Apps, Games, & Insights

05 March 2020

Posted by Lily Sheringham , Global Marketing, Platforms & Ecosystems UPDATE: We have updated the launch date of some of the episode...


Introducing Google Play Points in the U.S.
Introducing Google Play Points in the U.S.

04 November 2019

Posted by Paul Feng, Product Manager, Google Play At Google Play, we continue to build new experiences to delight users and help dev...


How we fought bad apps and malicious developers in 2018
How we fought bad apps and malicious developers in 2018

13 February 2019

Posted by Andrew Ahn, Product Manager, Google Play Google Play is committed to providing a secure and safe platform for billions of A...


Grow your app business internationally through localization on Google Play
Grow your app business internationally through localization on Google Play

16 January 2019

Posted by Chris Yang, Program Manager, Translation Service It is not uncommon for developers to have the following concerns and though...


 Wrapping up for 2018 with Google Play and Android
Wrapping up for 2018 with Google Play and Android

18 December 2018

Posted by Patricia Correa, Platforms & Ecosystems Earlier this year we highlighted some of Google Play's milestones and commitm...


In reviews we trust — Making Google Play ratings and reviews more trustworthy
In reviews we trust — Making Google Play ratings and reviews more trustworthy

17 December 2018

Posted by Fei Ye, Software Engineer and Kazushi Nagayama, Ninja Spamologist Google Play ratings and reviews are extremely importa...


 #IMakeApps - Celebrating app makers worldwide
#IMakeApps - Celebrating app makers worldwide

18 June 2018

Posted by Patricia Correa, Director, Developer Marketing, Platforms & Ecosystems The Android developer ecosystem is made up of except...