{"id":65986,"date":"2022-09-04T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-play-store-redesign-on-wear-os-rolling-out\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T19:56:00","slug":"google-play-store-redesign-on-wear-os-rolling-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-play-store-redesign-on-wear-os-rolling-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Play Store redesign on Wear OS rolling out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As telegraphed by September&#8217;s Google Play system update, the Wear OS Play Store is beginning to get its new redesign.<\/p>\n<p>First shown off at Samsung&#8217;s Unpacked event last month with the Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro unveil, this redesign starts with the search button now being housed in a pill instead of circle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplore all\u201d with three app suggestions is next with a \u201cSee More\u201d button.  You get the application&#8217;s name, icon, and rating.  \u201cRecommended for you\u201d and \u201cNow trending\u201d are then followed by large cards for \u201cWatch faces,\u201d \u201cMusic streaming,\u201d \u201cEssential watch apps,\u201d and \u201cHealthy mind &#038; body.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The last section is a prompt to \u201cbrowse and install apps from your other devices,\u201d namely your phone, with the ability to open the Play Store on said device.  \u201cManage apps\u201d and \u201cSettings\u201d round out the page.  It&#8217;s unfortunate the former is still so buried for the purpose of checking app updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Via u\/trlef19<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the current design is very text heavy and boring.  Promoting apps directly on the main feed might encourage people to download more things for their wearables and further boost developer interest.  It&#8217;s the latest sign that wearable design has consolidated around showing most content in one view rather than having users dive into different menus. <\/p>\n<p>The current report of this redesign going live is on version 31.2.10-26 of Google Play for Wear OS.  However, the revamp is rolling out with a server-side update, and it&#8217;s not yet widely showing up for most people today.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Google is also in the process of rolling out: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>When users install an app on their Wear OS device that requires a companion app, their mobile device will automatically install the companion app.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"h-more-on-wear-os\">More on Wear OS:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Galaxy Watch 5 Pro review: The BEST on Wear OS!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Z5DA6D0jag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As telegraphed by September&#8217;s Google Play system update, the Wear OS Play Store is beginning to get its new redesign. First shown off at Samsung&#8217;s Unpacked event last month with the Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro unveil, this redesign starts with the search button now being housed in a pill instead of circle. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-play-store-redesign-on-wear-os-rolling-out\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Play Store redesign on Wear OS rolling out<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66400,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/samsung-galaxy-watch-4-watch-5-are-getting-google-play-store-redesign\/","url_meta":{"origin":65986,"position":0},"title":"Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5 are getting Google Play Store redesign","date":"September 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Last updated: September 5th, 2022 at 06:37 UTC+02:00 It is being reported that the Google Play Store redesign is starting to roll out to compatible Wear OS smartwatches, including the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 5. 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