Google Play hits 600,000 apps, 20 billion total installs

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Google during its [I/O keynote][3] hit a symbolic milestone: it now has 600,000 apps in the Google Play Store. As well, the store is clearly hitting a brisk pace in adoption, with 1.5 billion downloads every month and 20 billion since Android began. That stacks up fairly well to [Apple's own claims][4], although not universally: it's just short of the App Store's 650,000 apps, but Apple can still point to 30 billion total downloads. Google also hasn't said how many apps are explicitly tablet-friendly versus 225,000 iPad-oriented apps. Either way, Google can say that it has largely erased the app quantity deficit, and that's no mean feat.

[Google Play hits 600,000 apps, 20 billion total installs][2] originally appeared on [Engadget][5] on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:16:00 EDT. Please see our [terms for use of feeds][6].

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