The ay Store is getting ready for a major makeover.
user interface engineer Kirill Grouchnikov posted several pictures of the new app to show off what’s on tap. He also used the promotion to announce he’s moving to another team at after with years of work with the ay Store, going back to its days as Android et.
The redesign isn’t a total overhaul, but it clearly puts an emphasis on easier content discovery by category. There are now two distinct categories: one for apps games, another for entertainment. The latter includes ay’s movies, TV shows, music, books.
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The new design offers larger images easier-to-find categories.
There was no timeframe for when this would roll out. The only hint was an accompanying hashtag of #soon. The other hashtag was #uhhnggnhyeh, which is presumably some type of joyful exclamation.
Other screenshots give us a look at the splash screens how the new layout will look in other elements of the ay Store.
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Get ready for some splashy launch pages when the new version of the ay Store arrives.
There’s also a new ay Store A available. ile it doesn’t bring the new look, it does have a couple of functional changes: the ability to copy paste from app descriptions changelogs. This is mostly going to impact developers hardcore Android geeks, but it’s sure nice to have. The new version of the ay Store might even set up all the underlying code necessary to enable the new look, which can be turned on with the flip of a server-side switch.
The story behind the story: The ay Store has evolved significantly over the years, mirroring the growth of Android. at once started as a loosely-regulated app storefront has turned into a major revenue stream for , which announced in February it had paid out $7 billion to developers in the past year. th that much at stake, expect more effort to go into making the ay Store an appealing place to shop for content.