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Google announced that users can build, use and distribute AI-generated Android apps through the Play Store, including launching personal apps created with Google's AI Studio directly through the Play Store without connecting a phone to a computer.
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Google is changing the Play Store for the AI era, including letting users distribute AI-generated Android apps using only a Google account.
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