aug 12, 2016 - You Don't Need a Google+ Profile To Post Reviews on Play Store Anymore

Description:

August: Google+ pulled from Play Store

The unbundling continued, as Google’s Play Store stopped requiring users to have a Google+ account to write reviews.

Horowitz explained at the time that Google had heard from users “that it doesn’t make sense for your Google+ profile to be your identity in all the other Google products you use,” and it was responding accordingly.

Added to timeline:

Date: