Key Points:
- Google Play Store has a ‘government’ badge for apps that are officially from the government.
- The icon is designed to assist the user in identifying those apps that are government-based to create the highest level of safety in usage.
- Such a development is region-wide, comprising at least 3000 initial [or original] apps in the beginning.
In a desperate bid for the betterment of user experience and better security and safety, Google did make an important update to their application market, the Google Play Store. The most recent change brings in a brand new and unique ‘Government’ tag for government-rated apps The badge, downloadable in higher visibility to app download statistics, passes over the message to the users that an app is not a fake one.
First of all, the prime imperative of this report is securing public safety. This measure urged users to distinguish the government-related apps by properly labeling them so that they could identify the official and trusted sources for downloads, and hence, would be less likely to download harmful or unofficial apps.
However, this growth is not isolated to the US alone but is an international effort that aims to cover all affected areas. Apart from Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, and South Korea, other countries are also participating in the initiation of this rollout. Google’s partnership with governments and app makers is a sign of their responsible efforts aimed at providing its platform with utmost integrity and security.
As part of this change, guidelines are implemented stringently and officially, formal agencies must verify their accounts via government email IDs. Another essential aspect pertains to the apps that are categorized as high-security for example digital voting systems, which are subjected to meticulous assessment to attain the highest security standard.
An immediate launch of more than 3 thousand apps is the first stage of a global setup. Space exploration, natural disasters, and tax filing systems in the United States are represented by such noteworthy entities as NASA, FEMA, and IRS2Go, respectively. On the other hand, this new category might initially be a small one since the “Government” label is to be assigned only to a fraction of all existing apps. Users along with the update can as well acquire more detail from the additional information provided by Google.
