Google Play Store is rolling out a new badge for government-made apps

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• Google is rolling out a new badge for official state and federal government-made apps.
• Over 3,000 apps from 12 countries are receiving the badge starting today.
• The Play Store had previously been testing the feature with a small percentage of users.

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Knowing whether an app is legit or not can sometimes be a little tricky. To make it easier to tell, at least for apps made by state and federal governments, the Google Play Store is rolling out a new badge.

Starting today, apps made by state and federal governments are getting a new government badge to help users better identify official apps. The company states that at launch, users will be able to see the badge on over 3,000 government apps from 12 different countries. These countries include:

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