14 DAY TRIAL // The Google Chrome Web Store hasn't been growing as much as Google wanted perhaps, but it's still a great addition to Google Chrome and Chrome OS in particular. But Google is working on it, looking at ways to improve and expand it.
The international expansion is a logical move, developers outside the US can now upload their extensions and apps to the Web Store and even get paid for them.
Thanks to an email sent to Google Chrome developers, we now have a few more details on Google's immediate plans. There's nothing there that's hugely surprising, or something that hasn't been anticipated, but it's still a good overview of things to come.
According to The Next Web, citing the aforementioned email message, a revamp of the Chrome Web Store is coming.
This will be only a redesign, from the looks of it, aimed at making it easier for users to navigate and surface useful or interesting apps.
However, the new look will also feature different art assets for the extensions and apps and developers are asked to update their images, videos, logos and so on.
Presumably, this should mostly be about different sizes and aspect ratios for the screen shots.
The international expansion will continue. Google recently opened up the store in 24 countries, providing users with a localized version of the store in their language.
Google plans to further improve the localized versions by having local add-ons and apps featured in the custom storefronts.
More developers will also be able to get paid as Google plans to add support for payments, and possibly for in-app payments, in 20 countries.
Finally, Google is once again notifying users that they can upload their NaCl apps to the Web Store, since Google Chrome 14, the latest stable version, features support for NaCl enabled by default.