A new leak suggests that 2.5 billion Google Play Store users could soon see apps disappear with the introduction of a new filter. But the unanswered question is why?

The Play Store hosts millions of apps, and it looks like Google is working on a way to warn users about potentially low-quality apps.

The Google Play Store is working on a new filter in Settings to avoid certain app types in recommendations and searches. There's some ambiguity about what this filter is supposed to do, with Google's support page document not live yet.

As revealed by Android Authority, “Play Store could warn you if an app seems to be of low quality. The store could specifically warn you if an app has been frequently uninstalle

Despite Google's tight control over the apps and games that make it to the Google Play Store, poor quality and shady apps slip through. Users are often fooled into downloading scammy or poorly developed apps,