Google Play AI Blocks 1.75M Bad Apps in 2025
Google Play leveraged AI to block 1.75 million policy-violating apps in 2025, a drop from 2.36 million in 2024 due to enhanced deterrents. It performs over 10,000 safety checks per app using generative AI for faster malicious pattern detection and blocked 160 million spam ratings. Play Protect detected 27 million malicious apps and stopped 266 million risky side-loading attempts.




