Google's Play Store is getting a big, visually intensive makeover

[Dietrichw]

Source

AndroidPolice with more photos in higher resolutions of tablet and phone versions

 

^current

 

^pre-release design

 

Android Police has obtained a wealth of screenshots hinting at a big Play Store revamp that borrows more than a few pages from the company's new Material Design handbook. Extra-large artwork is everywhere, and there are now a slew of icons that make it clear what you'll be getting, such as mature content. The layout isn't perfect; there's a lot of scrolling, for example, and some of the sharing features appear to be buried at the bottom. With that said, the new storefront is billed as a work in progress with no definite release date. It wouldn't be out of the question to see a few tweaks before the store reaches your mobile device of choice.

 

 

Looks nice but isn't efficient for screen space, especially on the phone versions 

[Katsu-K1L]

Well it looks nice.

[Askew]

Nice, to be honest I've thought for a while that Gplay looks kind of bland, it will be good to see some attention paid to its aesthetic IMHO.

 

The above sentence is a lie, I like Gplay how it is, it works pretty nicely on mobile.

[StingBull]

Seriously, what is up with Google that every time they do a redesign they waste more and more screen real estate. I mean what the hell is that? It looks broken, like the page did not load properly.

[aom]

Seriously, what is up with Google that every time they do a redesign they waste more and more screen real estate. I mean what the hell is that? It looks broken, like the page did not load properly.

Its probably still in the works (hopefully)

[flibberdipper]

I like the simple look of the Play store right now, so I don't really want them to change a single thing about it.

[menendez1293]

The new design looks like it is supposed to just be a continuation of the materialistic design of Android "L"

[martinrox1568]

I don't get it. People complaining about the white space. The phone one looks fine and has no white space, and on a tablet, in my opinion, you should be allowed to sacrifice some real estate to make it look decent. One more scroll won't kill you

[StingBull]

I don't get it. People complaining about the white space. The phone one looks fine and has no white space, and on a tablet, in my opinion, you should be allowed to sacrifice some real estate to make it look decent. One more scroll won't kill you

 

Google has been sacrificing usability for looks for far too long. What's the logical conclusion to this, having phone where you press one giant button and watch the pretty pictures?

 

And besides, it doesn't look good. Like I said previously it looks like the page has not loaded in properly.

 

Here's another functionality we lose to yet another redesign. Notice how the share button is gone.