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Google Home User Products

Producer	Certified	Protection	Performance	Usability
November 2021
Google Play Protect 27.9		0	100	100›
September 2021
Google Play Protect 26.8		0	100	100›
July 2021
Google Play Protect 26.0		0	100	0›
May 2021
Google Play Protect 25.3		0	100	0›
March 2021
Google Play Protect 24.3		0	100	0›
January 2021
Google Play Protect 23.1		0	100	0›
November 2020
Google Play Protect 22.7		0	100	0›
September 2020
Google Play Protect 21.6		0	100	0›
July 2020
Google Play Protect 20.7		0	100	0›
May 2020
Google Play Protect 20.1		0	100	0›
March 2020
Google Play Protect 18.8		0	100	0›
January 2020
Google Play Protect 17.2		0	100	0›
November 2019
Google Play Protect 17.2		0	100	0›
September 2019
Google Play Protect 16.6		0	100	0›
July 2019
Google Play Protect 15.4		0	100	0›
May 2019
Google Play Protect 14.8		0		50›
March 2019
Google Play Protect 13.9		0		50›
January 2019
Google Play Protect 12.9		0		50›
November 2018
Google Play Protect 12.4		0		75›
September 2018
Google Play Protect 11.4		0		91.7›
July 2018
Google Play Protect 10.6		0		100›
May 2018
Google Play Protect 10.0		0		100›
March 2018
Google Play Protect 9.1		0		100›
January 2018
Google Play Protect 8.5		0		100›
November 2017
Google Play Protect 8.3		0		100›
September 2017
Google Play Protect 8.1		0		100›

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