A blow for fans of the popular battle royale game battleground mobile india (BGMI), the app has been removed from Apple and Google App Store in India. The ban on BGMI comes after a government order. A Google spokesperson confirmed to TOI Tech-Gadgets Now that the app has been removed following an order from government officials. “Upon receipt of the order, following established procedure, we have notified the affected developer and blocked access to the app available on the Play Store in India,” a Google statement said. Although Apple declined to comment, the BGMI game app has also been removed from the company’s India App Store.
crafton On its part, it has said that it is clarifying the ban with the government. “We are clarifying how BGMI was removed from the Google Play store and App Store and will let you know once we have specifics,” Crafton said in a statement.
However, it looks like the BGMI publisher may have seen the ban coming. Less than a fortnight later, Crafton released an update that allowed users to download the APK version of the game from its website. “Not only is Battlegrounds Mobile India available on the App Store and Google Play Store, but players can now download the game from the BGMI website as well! With the latest update, users can directly click on the APK download button on the website to install the game. Do it.” BGMI developer Crafton said in the release.
What is and what is apk file BGMI APK to mean Android and iphone users
For those who are not aware, APK stands for Android Package (sometimes called Android Package Kit or Android Application Package). The file format that Android uses to distribute and install apps. Users can use APK files to download apps that are not available on the Google Play store. This is also called sideloading of apps. While Google advises users to download APK files as they may contain malware, spyware or other dangerous code; Apple does not allow sideloading of apps on iPhones. This means that iPhone users cannot use the BGMI APK update released by Crafton.
what crafton said on bgmi apk
As of Crafton’s release, the APK file makes the game easy to download and very lightweight. While the download size on Google Play Store is around 860MB, the file size on the website is 600MB. “For those playing the previous version, one can simply install the latest version over an existing game, and the data will automatically be updated to the latest one,” the update said in the release.
Another popular game’s apk file is not available
Incidentally, no other popular mobile game (Top 5 in India by downloads) offers APK files on their website. Garena Free Fire, the most popular Android game of 2021 also does not provide apk download option to the users. Garena Free Fire was banned by the government in February 2022.
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