Google has announced several improvements to the Google Play Store to help you discover more apps, games, and content you might like. The company is improving recommendations and using Generative AI to let you quickly find content suitable to your tastes.
The Google Play Store is getting a new widget and more rewards.
Google Play Store recommendations to improve in the future
The Google Play Store is the central hub for apps, games, books, and other content on Android smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and TVs. However, you don't interact with it much after you are done finding and installing the apps and games you like. Google is trying to change that and make the Play Store a more immersive and enjoyable experience.
At Google I/O 2024, the company announced it will use Generative AI to create app review summaries and FAQs. Now, it has revealed that it will use Generative AI to allow you to get more details about a particular app or game at a glance. For example, a summary of an app's features may be visible on its Play Store page.
Moreover, Google will create curated spaces on the Play Store to find all the apps and games related to a particular subject. For example, before the T20 Cricket World Cup, it recently made a curated space to list all the popular cricket-related apps and games. In Japan, it has worked with comics publishers to create curated spaces that surface related apps, games, comics, live events, and trailers. Editor's picks and reviews can also surface from apps users haven't installed.
To improve game recommendations, the Play Store will have multi-select interest filters that let you specify your interests.
The Play Store is also getting a new widget called Collections. It directly surfaces all relevant content from apps, games, and books on your Galaxy phone's or tablet's home screen. If you don't want an app in your library to be used for content recommendations, you can disable it from being used in recommendation algorithms. You can find the ‘Peronalization In Play' section in the Play Store's main menu.
Google Play Pass, a monthly subscription that gives you free apps, games, and in-game content, will get new offers in Asphalt Legends Unite, Call of Duty: Mobile, Candy Crush Saga, and Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance. Play Pass subscribers in Australia, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and the US can get 80% off their subscription cost for the first three months.
The company will also offer Google Play members Diamond, Gold, and Platinum members win Pixel devices, Razer gaming products, and merchandise. Users in Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the US can check the Play Points perks tab weekly to review and claim Super Weekly Prizes.
The Google Play Games for Windows system will allow PC gamers to play two games simultaneously. Thus, they can actively play one game while keeping an eye on another.
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