The apps promise loans in a range of currencies, but they may swipe your personal information and use it to harass or extort you.

Google’s mission to make Android more like iPhone continues, at least when it comes to security and privacy, narrowing the gap. Android 15 moves the bar significantly, with a raft of updates including AI-based live detection of malicious apps and even cellular network defense. But there are also huge changes coming to Play Store.

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,

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.

If you have an Android phone, you might soon have some protection from useless apps. Google is reportedly working on a feature that will add a warning to the Play Store page of any app the company thinks isn't very good.

The Google Play Store could soon let you identify if an app is of low quality using three types of precautionary messages on the app's page.