Indian Apps Removed From Play Store

A group representing Indian startups has asked the country's antitrust watchdog to order Alphabet's Google to reinstate apps it removed for policy violations, a letter seen by Reuters shows, escalating a showdown with the US giant in a key market.

Shark Tank's Anupam Mittal, whose Shaadi.com app was removed by Google, took to X on Monday to raise concerns about the tech giant's treatment of Indian app developers.

In a bold move, Google has initiated the removal of apps belonging to 10 Indian companies, sparking controversy in one of its fastest-growing markets. The list includes well-known names such as Bharatmatrimony and Naukri.

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has invited representatives from Google for a meeting on Monday over a dispute between the tech giant and some Indian companies over non-compliance with billing policies.

Google, on Friday, March 1, said it would enforce action against a group of Indian app developers as they had not complied with the Play Store’s billing policies. The Alphabet-owned company claimed that ten Indian app developers, which include “many well-established” companies, have failed to pay the Play Store fee for availing its services, ...

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is reportedly available to download on select Android devices. Several users online have spotted the battle royale game on the Google Play Store, ready to download without any prior date confirmation from publisher Krafton. The game seems to be accessible only via the store page URL and won’t appear natively on t...

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is coming back and will be available for download soon in the country. Krafton has confirmed that it has received approval from the Indian government to resume operations of the game within the country. BGMI was removed from both Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store in India, citing security concerns. A report...

Dead by Daylight Mobile has been removed from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India. In a tweet, developer Behaviour Interactive confirmed that it received an order from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to remove the multiplayer survival-horror game from Indian digital storefronts. While not explicitly men...

Google's anti-competitive activities are harming Indian consumers and the economy by stifling "swadeshi" (indigenous) competitors, a top official of home-grown navigation firm MapMyIndia said. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October slapped a steep penalty of Rs. 1,337.76 crore on internet giant Google for abusing its dominant position...

In a move to protect its users, internet search engine Google today removed a large number of personal loan apps from its Play Store from where a vast majority of Indians download phone applications. It reviewed the products based on user inputs and alert issued by government agencies, and has also issued notices to many others in the same business...

Google has pulled an app from its Google Play store that helped users identify and remove apps of Chinese origin. The Mountain View, California-based company told Gadgets 360 that the “Remove China Apps” application violated Google Play policy.

Mitron app, an alternative to TikTok that quickly gathered a lot of attention, has now been removed from the Google Play store. At a time when TikTok was dropping in popularity due to growing anti-China sentiment, Mitron grew quickly when positioned as an ‘Indian’ app, but the origin of this app is actually more complicated.

Asian-American groups in the US are demanding Google to remove an application from its Google Play store called Make Me Asian.

A group representing Indian startups has asked the country's antitrust watchdog to order Alphabet's Google to reinstate apps it removed for policy violations, a letter seen by Reuters shows, escalating a showdown with the US giant in a key market.

Shark Tank's Anupam Mittal, whose Shaadi.com app was removed by Google, took to X on Monday to raise concerns about the tech giant's treatment of Indian app developers.

In a bold move, Google has initiated the removal of apps belonging to 10 Indian companies, sparking controversy in one of its fastest-growing markets. The list includes well-known names such as Bharatmatrimony and Naukri.

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has invited representatives from Google for a meeting on Monday over a dispute between the tech giant and some Indian companies over non-compliance with billing policies.

Google, on Friday, March 1, said it would enforce action against a group of Indian app developers as they had not complied with the Play Store’s billing policies. The Alphabet-owned company claimed that ten Indian app developers, which include “many well-established” companies, have failed to pay the Play Store fee for availing its services, ...

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is reportedly available to download on select Android devices. Several users online have spotted the battle royale game on the Google Play Store, ready to download without any prior date confirmation from publisher Krafton. The game seems to be accessible only via the store page URL and won’t appear natively on t...

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is coming back and will be available for download soon in the country. Krafton has confirmed that it has received approval from the Indian government to resume operations of the game within the country. BGMI was removed from both Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store in India, citing security concerns. A report...

Dead by Daylight Mobile has been removed from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India. In a tweet, developer Behaviour Interactive confirmed that it received an order from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to remove the multiplayer survival-horror game from Indian digital storefronts. While not explicitly men...

Google's anti-competitive activities are harming Indian consumers and the economy by stifling "swadeshi" (indigenous) competitors, a top official of home-grown navigation firm MapMyIndia said. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October slapped a steep penalty of Rs. 1,337.76 crore on internet giant Google for abusing its dominant position...

In a move to protect its users, internet search engine Google today removed a large number of personal loan apps from its Play Store from where a vast majority of Indians download phone applications. It reviewed the products based on user inputs and alert issued by government agencies, and has also issued notices to many others in the same business...

Google has pulled an app from its Google Play store that helped users identify and remove apps of Chinese origin. The Mountain View, California-based company told Gadgets 360 that the “Remove China Apps” application violated Google Play policy.

Mitron app, an alternative to TikTok that quickly gathered a lot of attention, has now been removed from the Google Play store. At a time when TikTok was dropping in popularity due to growing anti-China sentiment, Mitron grew quickly when positioned as an ‘Indian’ app, but the origin of this app is actually more complicated.

Asian-American groups in the US are demanding Google to remove an application from its Google Play store called Make Me Asian.