PUBG Mobile taken down from Google Play store, App store following ban

Within two days of the ban, both Google and Apple have taken down PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite app. Both apps are currently unavailable for download on Google Play store and Apple App store. The apps were available until Thursday night. PUBG Mobile alone had millions of downloads.

The government of India banned 118 Chinese apps on Wednesday stating “threat to national security” as the reason. This is the third wave of ban by the government. In June, 59 Chinese apps were banned in the country including the very popular short video app TikTok. Following that 47 more Chinese apps were banned in the country which were mostly clones and Lite versions of the already banned apps.