Google will let anyone publish an app to the Play Store, for free
THE SO WHAT
Free, private Play Store publishing for AI Studio-built apps drops the friction for “vibe-coded” Android software to near zero. Enterprise and platform teams should expect a surge of semi-unsupported micro-apps—governance, security review, and store policy enforcement just got harder at the edge.
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