What you need to know
- Google is rolling out AI-generated review summaries on the Play Store, condensing app feedback into one quick paragraph that highlights the most common pros and cons.
- Google’s AI pulls both praise and complaints—like smooth design but occasional crashes—into a clear, unbiased summary.
- Topic buttons in the form of chips under the summary let users view reviews about performance, design, or stability.
Enjoy our content? Make sure to set Android Central as a preferred source in Google Search, and find out why you should so that you can stay up-to-date on the latest news, reviews, features, and more.
If you're tired of scrolling through hundreds of user comments on the Play Store just to figure out if an app is a gem or a piece of trash, Google is finally rolling out a solution that should have been here ages ago. The app marketplace is surfacing AI-powered summaries for app reviews.
Now, instead of scrolling through lots of five-star praise or unclear one-star complaints, users will see a short paragraph under a new section called “Users are saying,” as discovered by Android Authority. This feature highlights the main pros and cons from app reviews, combining feedback from different ratings into a single summary.
The summaries appear beneath the "Ratings and reviews" section on select app pages and are powered by Google’s in-house AI models. They’re designed to capture both praise and criticism — for instance, pointing out that users love an app’s interface but have reported frequent crashes or slow performance.
Below the summary, you may see small buttons that let you filter reviews by topics like performance, design, or stability.
Gradual rollout underway
Android Authority reports that this feature is currently available to some users with Play Store version 48.5.23-31, which suggests it is being rolled out gradually. For now, only a few apps have this feature, so not everyone will see it yet.
This rollout is another sign of Google’s bigger AI push across its platforms. After bringing AI summaries to Google Docs, Gmail, and Search, among others, the Play Store is the latest stop in Google’s mission to make information easier to digest.
The company hopes to help users make faster, more informed download decisions without wading through repetitive feedback. That’s especially useful for popular apps with tens of thousands of reviews, where manually browsing can feel like a chore. So, while Google’s AI won’t tell you what to download, it’ll make sure you get there faster and a little less frustrated.
Still, there are a few caveats. These AI summaries only appear for apps that have enough review data for the system to analyze, meaning smaller or newer apps might be left out for now. And because the summaries are machine-generated, they could occasionally miss context or misrepresent niche opinions as common trends.
