Google Removed 46 Apps From A Chinese Developer With Citing The Reason

According to a recent report from BuzzFeed, Google has removed numerous applicants from a big Chinese developer without citing the reason for its decision.

These applications from iHandy, a developer from China. And according to BuzzFeed, these 46 applications have millions of downloads. These apps were varied, from a horoscope app to a selfie-camera filter, and a security app.

Among these apps, a filter app known as Sweet Camera, was said to be among the most popular apps of the developer, with around 50 million downloads.

When being contacted by Business Insider, both Google and iHandy refused to comment. A spokesperson of Google didn’t answer a question from BuzzFeed regarding the reason why these apps were taken down but confirmed that an investigation into this matter had been launched.

When BuzzFeed published its report, only 8 applications remained on the Google Play Store. But up until now, more apps have disappeared as there are only 5 left.

Simon Zhu, an executive of iHandy, told BuzzFeed that the removal of these apps came as a surprise. He said that the decision of Google came as a surprise and the company was trying to figure out the reasons. iHandy hopes that it could put the apps back to Google Play Store as soon as it can.

On its website, iHandy writes that it is a partner of Apple, Facebook, and Google.

At the moment, there are around 12 applications of iHandy on the Apple App Store. It remains unknown whether Apple will take the same measure regarding this developer’s applications.