14 DAY TRIAL // There has been a lot happening at Google lately. For starters, the search giant is now a subsidiary of Alphabet, the holding venture whose CEO is Larry Page. In the meantime, this shift might allow Google to have more time to focus on its core products including Android, Google Search, YouTube, and so on.
Today, for instance, Google has rolled out a new website called “Android Experiments,” which is basically a library for source app development projects that highlights their coolest and most creative features.
You might remember that Google also launched “Chrome Experiments” back in 2009, an initiative that basically functioned in the same way as the new Android-oriented website. By the way, everyone is free to submit cool app projects here.
Still, Google has some simple requirements for those who do so: all the projects submitted need to be open source, they need to be based on Android 4.4 KitKat or above, and must explore the way users interact with their devices “in small and big ways.”
You have a creative Android app? Submit it!
Only the best submissions will make it on the website and those that will be given the green light will be available via the Google Play Store. Who will decide if your app is eligible to be featured on the website? Well, the Android Experiments team will be reviewing the submissions.
The website is already up and Google is presenting us with a list of 20 initial apps. You can browse through them to get an idea of what type of app Google is looking to feature on Android Experiments.
In recent news, Google is also said to be working on a new affiliate program for Google Play, with separate libraries for Movie & Music being provided. The program is expected to be quite similar to Apple’s own digital content stores, iTunes. The initiative is powered by the Performance Horizon Group, the same company who back in 2013 backed up Apple, too.
