AnTuTu benchmark was suddenly removed from the Play Store

AnTuTu, the most popular performance scoring software on the market today has been completely removed from the Google Play Store.

AnTuTu Benchmark is used by many people to compare hardware power between devices, between variants of the same smartphone model.

However, according to the latest report, all three AnTuTu applications including AnTuTu 3D Benchmark, AnTuTu Benchmark and AITuTu have recently disappeared from the Google Play Store. Previously, the AnTuTu Benchmark application was last updated on February 7, an update of AITuTu Benchmark was released on February 13.

According to the report, AnTuTu is likely owned by Cheetah Mobile, one of the largest developers on Google Play, based in China. The reason is due to AnTuTu's "Privacy Policy" on Google Play that links to the Cheetah Mobile website. Especially, Tianyancha's business database shows that AnTuTu president / manager Fu Sheng is also the CEO of Cheetah Mobile.

Last month, many apps displaying annoying ads were removed by Google from the Play Store, including many popular apps like CM Browser, Clean Master, and more. charged with violating Google's policies.

Currently, AnTuTu has removed all links to Google Play Store on its Official Website and replaced with new links. Users can directly download the APK of the application to install manually.

AnTuTu's sudden disappearance on Google Play makes many people suspicious of privacy, has AnTuTu violated the privacy policy like other apps of Cheetah Mobile should be removed?