Optimized games will get a video banner and a multi-column layout
Another change made by Google involves ranking apps that follow Google’s new large screen app quality guidelines. The change will help Google promote apps that look better and are resized for larger screens, aren’t letterboxed, and support both landscape and portrait orientations. Google says that “Apps and games that adhere to our large screen app quality guidelines will now be ranked higher in search and Apps and Games Home.” Curated Android app collections will take all of these things into account as will Editor’s Choice in determining which apps to feature to users.
The Play Store will add a rail to the left side on large-screened Android devices bringing items closer to users’ thumbs
And on large-screened devices, Google has changed the search experience by showing search results and app details side-by-side which means that users don’t have to switch back and forth between pages when looking for new apps.
Search results on large-screened Android devices will be side-by-side with app details
The changes will be rolling out over the “coming weeks” and Google says that this is “just the beginning of our journey in creating a tailored Play Store experience for large screens.” Developers who don’t want to optimize their apps to look and work better on large-screened Android apps will, in theory, miss out on having their apps promoted compared to apps that have been optimized to meet Google’s standards.
