Google Play surpasses 25 billion downloads

The Google Play media storefront♑ for Android devices has surpassed 25 billion downloads on its more than 675,𒈔000 apps, . The company has significantly marked down several paid games and utility apps on Play to mark theoccasion.

According to , Apple's App store hit the same milestone in March, and it now boasts a selection of more than 700,000 apps. The neck-and-neck race between the tech titans doesn't end there🦩, with about 500 million activated Android devices and 400 million iOS devices sold.

, starting off with Angry Birds Space, Asphalt 7, Draw Something, and others.

Google Play is a rebranding of the Android Market, which changed its name in Ma🎃rch.

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