This is the new Google Play Store app design and categories
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To no one's surprise, Google redesigns its app store again. This time, yes, in parts. And it seems that, for now, Google Play Store will only change some sections, such as the section on application and game categories. A fresher and more updated redesign that does not change the user experience but its appearance. Something that should help make this section of your store more friendly, close and practical.Do you already have it active on your Android mobile?
Google is only running tests at this time. This means, on the one hand, that only some users have received the changes before they reach the bulk of users around the world. Moreover, it additionally means that they could still be subject to change. So take the images and information that we tell you here with a grain of s alt. And it is that you may receive a complete redesign in the Google Play Store in a few weeks and it will vary slightly. What is clear is that Google reforms its application store again to give it a new push. At least visually.
New Section Categories
To find out if you are one of the lucky ones who have already received the changes in the Google Play Store you can go to the application and move to the tab CategoriesSwipe to the right to find a screen that is actually a list of application and game genres.Action, arcade, adventure, racing, cards, etc. Well then. Until now this list was extremely minimalist and flat. A white background (if you have dark mode disabled) and a list of unseparated texts with green icons (games section) without depth.
Now this list, in the new design, will be displayed with the elements further apart from each other. But what really stands out are the new icons They are much more complex by showing what each category represents in three dimensions. And not only with depth, but also with various colors to make the drawing more representative and colorful. Same categories, different design.
Other details
Of course, the images leaked through Reddit indicate that the redesign of the Google Play Store goes beyond the Categories tab.As is logical, and to have a uniform design, the rest of the sections of the application store should also change. However, being a test, still would not be fully extended and displayed until everything is shown to work as it should.
Of course, while we can see other minimal design changes in the section Family Here not only the list of categories with apps and games for all audiences with the new icons. There is also a section that has changed its appearance. As soon as you get here, in the old version, you can see a small section of Children's Categories. A good way to find specific themed apps and games. It is displayed in a horizontal carousel format. Well, it will change too.
The leaked images show that this carousel would change to a grid with these same child categoriesThus, they would take advantage of a thin line box to display in a more vertical format. All this, yes, with the new icons that we have already seen in the Categories tab.
Along with this, and in the same way that has happened in the Categories section of the Games tab, Google Play Store would change the icons and designs of the categories of the rest of the content. In other words, new icons will also arrive in the pmovies and books categories They follow the same aesthetic: two colors and depth.
In short, it seems that the new design of the Google Play Store is committed to leaving exacerbated minimalism behind and becoming slightly more complicated. More colour, depth and representativeness of the elements. And what do you think of this change?
