Google Play Store reviews are now powered by Google Plus


Google has finally enabled Google+ powered reviews on their Google Play Store.

Google Play Store reviews are now powered by Google Plus

All existing reviews are now labeled as “A Google User”. If you want to update or post a new review, you would be using your name and profile image as used on Google Plus.

This is a good update though it would annoy folks who are not comfortable with Google+. Here are the advantages:

Developers would be able to contact users who post reviews with issues that they want to resolve.
Reviews are now connected to actual names so there would be less trolling.
Users would be able to share their reviews on Google+.
Google would be able to recommend apps based on your Google+ Circles.