The Google Play Store is finally making room for devices other than smartphones. TV, car, smart watch, it becomes easy to find applications dedicated to these supports. A novelty that comes at the right time.
Unfortunately, the Google Play Store is notorious for making it hard to find apps that are optimized for devices other than smartphones. It is often necessary to guess a thing and hope to get it right. However, today, with just a few taps on the screen, you will get the answer.
Google Play Store finally frees up space for non-smartphone devices
Google explains that it recently added dedicated pages to the home page of its Android Play Store app with recommendations for Android Automotive, Android TV, and Wear OS apps. Click the Other Devices tab and you can find activity trackers for the Galaxy Watch 5 or a video service for Chromecast.
New search filters also help limit results to apps that support non-smartphone devices. If you find something you like, you can install it directly from your device. Google also indicates that it recently made some changes to the Play Store website to improve navigation and some features such as remote installation.
TV, car, smart watch, it becomes easy to find applications designed for these media.
This initiative aims to make it more appealing to tablet users and can be useful if you can’t (or don’t want to) search for apps on the device you’ll be using them on. This makes sense, for example, for Wear OS users who find it difficult to navigate through all the apps on the watch’s tiny screen. This will help you find more apps for your devices and (which Google is obviously hoping for) increase your chances of staying in the Android ecosystem.
Timely innovation
It’s also quite difficult to ignore the start time of this function. Mountain View will officially unveil its Pixel Watch during an event on October 6 in New York and just released a new 1080p Chromecast. Improved app search will help you sell these products to customers who might be wondering if their favorite apps are available. Without a doubt, this will help improve the entire Android ecosystem.