Google Play Store Launches Special Label For Government Apps

Google Play Store has a government label (photo: dock. Pixabay)

JAKARTA Google launched a special label on the Play Store. The label, named by the Government, marked Play Store users that the app they saw was an official application. Before its launch, Google tested this feature for several months and has added Government labels to more than 3,000 applications in several countries. Google partners directly with the government in adding labels to their applications. Currently, the label will be visible when users open their state government-owned applications. On the application page, to be precise next to the rating, users will see a building icon with a Government statement below it. Apart from the application page, Play Store users will also see the icon in the search results. This government label is added at the bottom of the application. This label cannot be clicked as the label seen on the application page.

If an application has a government label, this application is guaranteed its authenticity by Google. The company also explained that the Play Store has, "verified that this application is affiliated with a government entity." For now, the launch of its features is still limited in some countries. This label will only be seen by users in Australian countries, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the UK and the United States. This label is not yet available in Indonesia and does not know when it will be seen by Android users in Indonesia. It seems that the presence of this application will take a long time because Google must cooperate with the local government first.