Just when you thought you had a handle on you apps, their icons and what they look like, Google is about to change everything. Soon, the Android Market, Google Books, Google Music and Movies will be renamed under the Google Play branding. Changing the Market to Google Play Store. Along with the new branding will come new icons. The market icon looks similar to how it is now, the nifty shopping bag, but instead of the little Android guy on it, you will now find the Play logo. It looks like the music app and books app icon also are a little different, while the movie icon appears to be touched up but not changed much.
The changes are set to hit this week and next week. So expect updates to hit your device for the market and the other apps mentioned shortly.
What about the online market you ask? Well, that is changing as well. You can try to access market.android.com, but it will now redirect you to play.google.com. So get used to that and re-bookmark it for future use. The layout of the web-based market looks similar to me. a few noticeable differences are located right under the shifting banner. The big block icons may have been there before, I am not certain, but the ‘You Installed’ and ‘You Might Also Like’ is definitely new.
Along with the release of Google Play, they have a number of specials already underway. Some of which we will let you know about very shortly. Until then, check out the new web look at play.google.com, and lets us know if you have the new market on your device yet and if you notice anything different.
Time for an update. I am the proud father of three, 2, 8, and 11. I finally just moved up from the Samsung Vibrant to the Samsung Galaxy S III...... Let me tell you, it is mind blowing. I love Android, I love tech and I love my family. Not in that order though. I work to hard, play even harder and take care of all that are around me when I can.
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Cause market was just such a horribly non-descriptive name for the application,
Okay Play Music, and Play Videos at least sound right, but Play Books? Sounds like either an app for coaches, or a place to order blackberry tablets. I mean, maybe if the service were like Amazon Audibles or something, but the books Google sells are read.
Just when they [google, android, etc] get the business class users to start paying attention, they go and pick a name like Play? Oh yeah, that will get ‘em to take you serious…..At least it’s better than the lame self-centric terms the other guys use. All the “my” and “i” crap is getting old…as if the “e” trend wasn’t bad enough.
I am not for this at all. What the hell, look at that old ass 90s style logo, Google Play, seriously, come on, its Market!!! I hate where Google’s mind has been lately, feels like there gonna become more apple over the years. Whats next retire Android as the mascot? You kno what they would say to, corporate bullshit…
“Android has grown so much after the years and matured to the point we dont think its necessary to have the little green robot as a logo any longer”
jesus christ, Im a old school Android fan now, Gingerbread was the last greatest
Congrats on update on my GNex. Now the market button in top corner of apps changed design and now doesn’t work. I suggest you fix it asap as it was easier to connect to market with one touch rather than search through 150 apps to find it.
[...] has seen somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 to 500,000 downloads, as per the Android Market Google Play statistics — a number that’s not all that shabby for an independent app [...]
[...] also realize that it’s not every day that major changes are made, such as yesterday’s transition from the Android Market to Google Play. That doesn’t mean there’s not a damn good story out there, just waiting to be [...]
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[...] rest is here: Google changing Market to Google Play, other apps to get similar treatment within two Weeks This entry was posted in Android Spin and tagged android market, banner, big, books, changing, [...]
Cause market was just such a horribly non-descriptive name for the application,
Okay Play Music, and Play Videos at least sound right, but Play Books? Sounds like either an app for coaches, or a place to order blackberry tablets. I mean, maybe if the service were like Amazon Audibles or something, but the books Google sells are read.
Just when they [google, android, etc] get the business class users to start paying attention, they go and pick a name like Play? Oh yeah, that will get ‘em to take you serious…..At least it’s better than the lame self-centric terms the other guys use. All the “my” and “i” crap is getting old…as if the “e” trend wasn’t bad enough.
Play store .. . ? Sounds like a “Porn Shop”…
I am not for this at all. What the hell, look at that old ass 90s style logo, Google Play, seriously, come on, its Market!!! I hate where Google’s mind has been lately, feels like there gonna become more apple over the years. Whats next retire Android as the mascot? You kno what they would say to, corporate bullshit…
“Android has grown so much after the years and matured to the point we dont think its necessary to have the little green robot as a logo any longer”
jesus christ, Im a old school Android fan now, Gingerbread was the last greatest
Congrats on update on my GNex. Now the market button in top corner of apps changed design and now doesn’t work. I suggest you fix it asap as it was easier to connect to market with one touch rather than search through 150 apps to find it.
[...] has seen somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 to 500,000 downloads, as per the Android Market Google Play statistics — a number that’s not all that shabby for an independent app [...]
[...] also realize that it’s not every day that major changes are made, such as yesterday’s transition from the Android Market to Google Play. That doesn’t mean there’s not a damn good story out there, just waiting to be [...]