While at I/O 2022, Google declared that over the 20 apps they will going to update for the large screen. This upcoming feature is going to help the current developers and this step of the company may inspire other developers will do. The Play Store homepage for the large screen will expect in 2023.
Last month, Google launched the navigation rail component in place of the wide drawer. Because of its vertically centered design, it is easy to access, now the top search is not as much longer as before.
Google Play just decreased one app carousel after another. That will be changing next year when app screenshots, videos, and descriptions will appear directly in the Apps and Games “Home” pages/feeds. Google says the “goal of this content-forward approach is to better represent your app in the store and help users make install decisions.”
We’ve published a set of content quality guidelines as best practices to showcase your app on large screens.
Google Developers with assets that follow these criteria will be able to take advantage of richer formats in Play” starting early next year. The company says this does not impact app promotability, just the way your app is displayed in the Play Store. On the other hand, Google Play looks to be adding an option which easily accessible by the Kids tab placed at the bottom bar.
They also add Games, Apps, Books, and Offers as part of the broader tablet redesign. The company also announced today that developers can upload up to eight Chromebook-specific screenshots (16:9 screenshots for landscape with dimensions of 1080-7690px) to their listings from the Play Console in addition to phones, tablets, and watches.
On Google Play for Chromebooks, these captures will appear in both listings and the Play homepages. The company today also provided tips like:
- Use device-specific screenshots that demonstrate the core app or game experience.
- Showing a physical device in your store listing may cause your screenshots and videos to become obsolete quickly or alienate some users.
- Don’t include pixelated screenshots, stretched or compressed, or improperly rotated.
- To make sure your screenshots and videos look great when featured on Play homepages, avoid using too much text.
Lastly, in past months the new design of Play Store coming to the large screen, next year only know how it looks.
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