AnTuTu is a benchmarking application welcomed by Android users, which can often be used to learn some details of some devices that have not yet been officially released.
However, Google recently removed all three AnTuTu benchmark apps from the Play Store, including AnTuTu evaluation, 3D evaluation, and AI evaluation.
Obviously, this was part of the search giant's crackdown on Cheetah Mobile's violations, but Antutu said it was accidentally injured.
As a company that has been repeatedly reported by the media, Cheetah Mobile has previously been accused of multiple violations of the Play Store policy. In addition, the company owns AnTuTu's shares, so there are some considerations about the latter being implicated.
Cheetah Mobile's official homepage still displays several Android applications, but the link to the Google Play Store is no longer available. As for the relationship between the two companies, they may know a few things from commercial databases such as Tianyancha.
For example, Fu Sheng is the chief executive officer of Cheetah Mobile India and the chairman and general manager of Beijing Antutu Technology Co., Ltd.
In defense, AnTuTu sent a statement to Android Police stating that the removal was due to Google's misjudgment:
We received a notification email from Google on March 7th informing us that AnTuTu was one of the related publisher accounts of Cheetah Mobile, all AnTuTu apps were removed from the Play Store. But in fact, We think there is some misunderstanding about it. AnTuTu is NOT the related account of Cheetah Mobile!!
AnTuTu was founded in 2011, even before Cheetah Mobile, and is one of the earliest Google Play developers. Cheetah Mobile invested in us in around 2014 and became one of our shareholders since then. However, we still retain a considerable account of shares and Independent operation of the company as well as our own independent Google Play account. Cheetah Mobile has never touched our Google Play account, and AnTuTu has NOT done any promotion of Cheetah Mobile's software.
We believe that the reason for Google's misjudgment is that we purchased and used the legal services from Cheetah Mobile, so our privacy policy link used the address of cmcm.com. This is what we are working on, including changing legal supplier.
Regarding Fu Sheng being the chairman / manager of Beijing AnTuTu Technology Co., Ltd., this is because of the requirements of the investors. In fact, many Chinese companies have such requirements when investing. When the shares reach a certain percentage, investors will require changes in government registration documents. The company is actually operated by Beijing AnTuTu Technology Co., Ltd. Henan Branch. (https://www.tianyancha.com/company/3222572910), and Fu Sheng does not actually participate in the operation or the management of AnTuTu. Anyway, we have informed the investor Cheetah Mobile asking them to solve these problems caused by them.
We hope that Google can examine AnTuTu's account carefully and finally resolve this misunderstanding as soon as possible.
