Why is the Google Pixel Launcher assuming 1-5 installs?

The Pixel Launcher app, begin on Google's Pixel and Pixel 2 phones, is currently said to accept been installed alone 1 to 5 times. Why? Let's investigate.

A cardinal of Android smartphones access with absolute apps accessible in Google Play. These can be things like alteration apps, for swapping phones, committed camera apps (like the OnePlus Camera) or article else. Google’s Pixel phones access with their own apps too, such as the Pixel Launcher. However, its Play Store download folio is currently assuming incorrect information.

As acicular out by Android Police, the install abstracts for the Google Pixel apps, accessible on both the aboriginal and additional bearing Pixel and Pixel XL, currently appearance as “1-5” in the Google Play Store. This cardinal gives an appraisal of how abounding times an app has been installed, so in this case, it suggests that the Pixel Launcher, ARCore and Data Alteration Tool accept anniversary been installed amid one and bristles times.

Of course, that isn’t the absolute cardinal — we accept added than bristles alive Pixel phones amid the AA agents abandoned — and it was ahead in the 1 to 5 actor category, so article is amiss with the listing.

It’s the aboriginal time we’ve noticed that install cardinal actuality in absurdity for the Pixels, and the reason, perhaps, comes bottomward to annihilation added than a Play Store bug that will be bound addressed. Similarly, Google could be active a analysis on the installs display.

Some of you ability be aware, however, of addition angle of this install amount button. We appear on speculated sales abstracts for the Essential Phone yesterday, and accept done so several times in the accomplished with added devices. In these cases, the estimates accept been acquired from Google’s Play Store installs system.

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Basically, back apps are absolute to a accurate handset/handsets, their install numbers can be acclimated as a way to barometer how abounding of the device(s) in question have been sold. Thus, back the Essential Phone’s camera afresh jumped into the 50,000 – 100,000 threshold, we were able to brainstorm that this is almost how abounding Essential Phones had been shipped.

Google is about tight-lipped about smartphone sales abstracts — we accept alone belief to go on as far as Pixel shipments are anxious (once again, based on app installs). If Google did appetite to avoid off this affectionate of sales belief for its Pixel range, though, acclimation the install numbers for the Pixel apps at 1-5 would be an able way to do it (you know, if they couldn’t/didn’t appetite to abolish that button altogether).

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  • The Google Pixel Launcher Play Store page shows that it has been installed amid 1 and 5 times, admitting that it comes installed on all Google Pixels
  • The install amount was ahead assuming 1 to 5 million, but we don’t apperceive why it has changed.
  • This Play Store affection has been acclimated in the accomplished to announce accessory sales.

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