Google Play Store will no longer recommend crashing apps

Google is going to better filter the recommendations in the Google Play Store. Among other things, the company wants to ensure that often-hanging, or crashing, apps are no longer included in your recommendations.

Recommended apps in the Google Play Store

Google wants to make sure that users of the Google Play Store will have a better experience when using the apps they have downloaded from the app store. The company will do this, among other things, by tackling apps that often crash. These apps will soon no longer be found in the recommended lists. This concerns apps that often do not respond and therefore show the message ‘Application not responding’.

These apps will soon have to disappear from, for example, ‘recommended for you’ or will receive a special warning stating that you may experience problems with the app while using the app. crashes. Google says in a blog post: “Android users expect a great experience from the apps and games they download, so we’re making higher quality titles more visible on the Play Store and steering users away from lower quality titles. One of the most important ways to improve the quality of your app and attract more users is to focus on technical quality. To do that, we are implementing new quality thresholds that better match the user experience.”

When not qualitative?

When does an app crash too often? Fortunately, Google has an answer to this, according to the company, an app from a developer must be below the following thresholds to be labeled as qualitative. You can see them in the image below.

Do you ever have recommended apps that often crash? Let us know in the comments below this article. In any case, our AW Reader falls well within the margins, and should still be on everyone’s recommended list. Yes right?

ANR stands for ‘App Not Responsive’. Image: Google