14 DAY TRIAL // Google is constantly working on improving the browsing experience of users who go to the Play Store and search for new applications to enjoy on their Android smartphones or tablets. In this regard, the company has added new app categories in the Play Store.
Google has introduced eight new categories in the Play store. The main motivation behind this move is that the Mountain View-based giant wants to make it easier for users to find and enjoy apps and for developers to distribute their products.
The post on Android Developers blog mentions that Google Play Store has more than 1 billion users in 190 countries around the world, and thus the new categories would help users find applications much faster and developers to get a wider audience.
The new categories are Art & Design, Auto & Vehicles, Beauty, Dating, Events, Food & Drink, House & Home and Parenting. The new categories would incorporate all apps that provide this specific kind of content.
Google has also renamed two of the existing categories in the Play Store
In addition, Google has renamed the Transportation category to Maps & Navigation, which is surely more intuitive. Media & Video category has been renamed into Video Players & Editors so that there wouldn't be any confusion about the type of content that such apps would offer.
Google has mentioned that the newly added categories will be available on Google Play within 60 days. If developers choose a newly added category for an app before that category makes it to the Play Store and is available to users, the current app could end up in one of the existing categories. That being said, Google does allow developers to change the app category at any time.
Just last month, Google introduced Early Access Apps section to the Play Store, which shows unreleased applications that you can check out. Users would be able to join beta testing programs and get the opportunity to catch a glimpse of various new features in their favorite apps before they roll out publicly.