There has been a rumour floating around that a redesigned Google Play Store is going to drop on us at some point in the future, and we might have gotten our first look at it today. This is all thanks to Googler Kirill Grouchnikov who is moving from the Play Store team to some other team within Google, and was somehow allowed (or not allowed) to post up sneak peaks of the redesigned Google Play Store for all of us to enjoy. Check them all out below.
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- Evolution of the Play Store (originally the Android Market)
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- Introduction to the redesigned Google Play Store
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- RTL (right-to-left) support
As you can see, the new layout is a lot more picturesque, providing a space at the top to show featured apps, and it appears that the subtitles of the store are now going to be scrollable as opposed to always needing to hit to “More” button to see more options. Another really cool thing that it looks like Google is adding in the near future is RTL (right-to-left) support which will allow the Play Store to be shipped with Arabic translations – a huge deal for our Arabic reading and speaking friends. No word on when this redesigned Google Play Store could drop, but it’s looking pretty ready to us, so let’s hope it is released soon.
[Update] It appears to be rolling out now for people. The APK is available to side load if your patience for new things is exceptionally short. However, the update to version 5.10.29 doesn’t appear to change anything visually that you see above. You can now copy changelog’s though. It is very likely that the UI changes are handled from Google’s end and once you have the new version you will see the new visuals eventually. Either way, it is nice to be on the latest version.
Download – Google Play Store v5.10.29
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