Google Play Store finally improves the name and application icon that is misleading

Thanks to a more open nature, the Google Play Store has hundreds if it is not thousands of applications, many of them offer similar or functional functionality, in case of clones, even identical assets. In an effort to stand out from the others, Android application developers can be quite creative but not in a good way. After years of letting the status quo stay, Google finally sets the feet down on what is appropriate to use as the name of the application, title, and icons and screenshot, graphics, and videos used to view it.

Not unusual to see applications that use “top” or “best” in their names with their expectations will appear easily in search results related to their category. Developers may also hope that users will also believe the titles, regardless of the actual application. Naturally, the practice frown even if it is common but only now that Google revised the Play Store policy to overcome it.

Starting the second half of this year, the Play Store will enforce a policy that will limit what can be used for titles and icons. At the very least, the application name must be more than 30 characters and may not use emojis, something that Apple has enforced in the App Store a few moments back. Developers are also not permitted to use descriptors such as “top” or “Best”, both in the application or icon name.

The assets used by developers must also represent the application, which only makes sense, of course. Icons don’t even have an “sales” image on them, a strategy that is usually done by many application developers now. These assets must also advertise which makes them sound like the best of the type.

It feels just natural that some developers will want to portray their hard work as the best but it’s not easy to really verify the claim independently. This policy will at least raise the playing field level and provide quality and order for some applications that must have a strange title if it is not inappropriate.