On the Play Store, Google is now pinning the applications without interest

Its absence annoys sales of brands that cannot exploit it, like Huawei, and its presence is essential on Android devices. Yes, the Play Store is the essential application download gate on these connected products. With her something 1.68 million titles identified at the end of 2024Google’s store is regularly pinned to the emergence of malicious apps, despite its efforts to protect users. They have small names such as Necro or Sark Cat, regularly lead to Portal sanitation campaigns. At the same time, Mountain View multiplies efforts to reassure users on The proper use (or not use) of their personal data. The giant is tackling another site today: the interest of applications.

Anticipate disappointments

Android Authority Note as well as the Play Store now warns the user of the quality of the applications he is about to download. In version V44.7.24 of the APP (unavailable on editorial smartphones), our colleagues note the appearance of an alert on certain apps. It thus indicates, depending on the case, that “Users interact less with this application”that “This application is frequently uninstalled” or that “This application has fewer users” Compared to others on the Play Store. Unlike the usual alerts, it is not a question of pointing security risks, but of pointing out the lack of interest of some, or simply their disappointing quality.

All this is not without limits. An uninstalled app frequently after download is not necessarily bad; It may simply not meet the needs of those who installed it. It also raises the question of the treatment of “young” applications, still imperfect, but which can improve during updates. Be that as it may, efforts to better inform the user are always appreciable and we will expect a deployment of these new alerts on all the terminals with the play store to issue a more specific opinion.